NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-0.9.10.0-4.git20140704.fc21.x86_64 $ cat /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity-fedora.conf [connectivity] uri=http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt response=OK interval=300 HTTPS should be used instead, as even if the content of the file is uninteresting (ha!) there is metadata about the user's system in the request, such as the user-agent.
upstream: aee8eb8 contrib/rpm: use HTTPS for connectivity check URL (rh #1135777) NetworkManager-0.9.10.0-6.git20140704.fc21 NetworkManager-0.9.10.0-6.git20140704.fc22
The request NM sends does not have a User-Agent. It's just: GET /static/hotspot.txt Host: fedoraproject.org
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 22 development cycle. Changing version to '22'. More information and reason for this action is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora22
Closing this bug. The packages are long updated for f21 and f22.