Feature #9360

Complete random mac changer option for advanced users needed

Added by netguardian 2015-05-08 17:14:06 . Updated 2015-05-11 16:24:30 .

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2015-05-08
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Description

The implementation of a random mac changer by default is a great addition to Tails but it is lacking a very much needed feature. In certain situations a Tails user would like a truly random mac changer (XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX) instead of (OO-OO-OO-XX-XX-XX).

On the Tails advanced options login options there can be an option with a label similar to “Fully Random Mac Address”. This would be an easy feature to implement since it would only require a small modification to the Tails backend, the OS can execute (macchanger -r) instead of (macchanger -a) and this would benefit a lot of advanced users that require a complete random mac address.


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Is duplicate of Tails - Feature #7038: Randomize full MAC address Rejected 2014-04-07

History

#1 Updated by mercedes508 2015-05-09 20:53:52

Hi,

did you read our page about MAC spoofing design (https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/MAC_address/)?

What would be the benefit of a truly random MAC address?

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2015-05-09 21:24:12

There is a discussion on parrallel on tails-dev mailing-list.

#3 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-11 16:24:16

  • is duplicate of Feature #7038: Randomize full MAC address added

#4 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-11 16:24:30

  • Status changed from New to Duplicate

https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-May/008785.html