Re: How to activate MAC address randomization?

[Chris Laprise <tasket openmailbox org>]

On 05/12/2016 06:16 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 16:09 -0400, Chris Laprise wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just installed NetworkManager 1.2 in fedora 23 in the hopes that I
> > can
> > get mac randomization working. Only problem is there's no sign of a
> > setting for this in nmcli or the applet. I found a reference to a
> > setting on the NetworkManager.conf manpage which states:
> >
> >          wifi.mac-address-randomization
> >              If left unspecified, MAC address randomization is
> > disabled.
> wpa_supplicant only gained the necessary functionality that
> NetworkManager looks for back in late October 2015.  It was committed
> after wpa_supplicant 2.5 but it appears there hasn't been a release
> since then.  But once that happens, or if you build supplicant version
> from git, NM will begin to use that capability if you've enable it in
> the NM configuration.
>
> http://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=e50c50d5a090a6a52af6d92ee3a3c9cc37743747
>
> Dan

So there is no current release of wpa_supplicant that supports the 
randomization feature?

According to Lubomir Rintel and Michael Biebl the feature was released 
in 2.4.....

https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/01/18/networkmanger-and-tracking-protection-in-wi-fi-networks/

Chris