Ranter
Join devRant
Do all the things like
++ or -- rants, post your own rants, comment on others' rants and build your customized dev avatar
Sign Up
Pipeless API
From the creators of devRant, Pipeless lets you power real-time personalized recommendations and activity feeds using a simple API
Learn More
Comments
-
o_o randomizes mac.... first time I've heard that, maybe I just haven't noticed it before but... that is weeeeird, like really, properly weird
-
If the wireless switch demands your netman to randomize the MAC, then it has to randomize the MAC!
If you think about it, it's a pretty good security feature.. almost similar to how your phone's identification is handled by GSM towers. -
@D3add3d guess how my jaw dropped seeing 20 leases for the same device but different mac/ip in my router + me wondering why i can't access it via the ip from before..
@mohitsharma44 does this really work like that, the switch demands it?
Because it's a known fact that network-manager does this randomization defaultwise. -
@daintycode totally my fault. I had read up on Mac randomization quite sometime ago and for some reason I thought that the switch can demand for random Mac address (as a security feature) but indeed that's not the case.
You are right, network managers control if they want to perform Mac randomization or not.
Related Rants
-
EaZyCode8I am currently at vacation and staying at a campsite. There is a WLAN called 'Seecamping1'. Well I had to try ...
-
runtime5Waiting to get a haircut right now and saw this
-
netikras85 stages of failing WIFI connectivity on Linux This morning I woke up my laptop to start my work day. I have ...
OMFG network-manager randomizes the mac of wlan0. And it ignores me turning this "feature" off. WHAT THE HELL MAN
rant
eth is fine
wlan
network-manager