Software to test MAC address privacy
- From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm htt-consult com>
- To: networkmanager-list gnome org
- Subject: Software to test MAC address privacy
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:06:06 -0700
Greetings from IEEE 802 plenay in San Diego. We are winding down, but
Monday night we had a talk on Pervasive Surveillance:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/14/ec-14-0043-00-00EC-internet-privacy-tutorial.pdf
I discussed this with the 802 chair and presentation moderator, and we
are looking to see if we can actually test the consequences of using
random local MAC addresses. The idea is to have an opt-in SSID at
future 802 meetings, and perhaps at the IETF as well (same network
support company) where only random local MAC addresses are allowed and
then to see what problems occur (DHCP, ARP tables, bridging tables, etc.).
So we (those of us that want to figure this out to see if it is worth
doing) are looking to the OS providers to help. I have been tasked with
reaching to the Linux community as I run Fedora.
The thought is the MAC address is temporarily overwritten with a local
MAC random address. This address should be changed with some
periodicity. We have not worked out this part yet. Also per Internet
Draft:
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-01.txt
privacy for both global and local scope IPv6 addresses.
So how do I get interest in this effort and get some revised test app
for me (and other Linux users) to participate?
thank you
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