On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:09:29 +0200 Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]> wrote: > [James Valleroy 2016-05-09] > > NM 1.2 is now in Debian testing and unstable. > > So I guess it is time to get this working on the FreedomBox? > > I had a look at how to get this feature enabled. I found > <URL: https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/01/18/networkmanger-and-tracking-protection-in-wi-fi-networks/ > > with some information about it. > > The relevant setting seem to be mac-address-randomization, and I found > <URL: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2016-May/msg00062.html > > giving clues how to set it up. For example running > > nmcli connection modify $CONNECTION \ > 802-11-wireless.mac-address-randomization always > > would enable it. One can also change the connection default value in > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. The allowed values according to > <URL: https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/unstable/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.html > > is 'default', 'never' and 'always'. 'default' will pick the value from the conf file. > 'never' is the normal default. I am a bit unsure what 'always' really mean. > > When do we want to use the random mac address, and when do we want to use the > original one? Can we ask for a random one that is stable for a given wifi network, > making it harder to track a freedombox on the move while still getting it to > work on networks with MAC based access control? > > For this to work, I believe wpa-supplicant 2.4 or newer is needed. I guess we > should enforce it using a dependency somewhere.
NetworkManager 1.4 has some changes related to this: - Also works for Ethernet devices. - For wifi, no longer requires wpa-supplicant. - There is a new setting assigned-mac-address, with special values "random" and "stable". https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/08/24/networkmanager-1-4/
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