[Babel-users] Fwd: Why we switched to Babel

[Marc Juul]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek <
jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:

> Marc, Jenny, thanks for the detailed explanation.
>
> > There was another reason: In batman-adv the MAC address is the identifier
> > used for each device. It is possible to configure many devices to
> > randomize their MAC address but it needs the user to do something, so
> most
> > people will never know to do it.
>
> Please be aware that by default Babel uses a router-id that is derived
> from the MAC address.  You can avoid this by setting the router-id
> manually (which I don't recommend) or using a random router-id (-r).
> With -r, you get a new router-id everytime you restart the babeld daemon.
>

Thank you. Good to know. We are not too concerned with the router MAC, more
so the client devices that connect to the mesh.


>
> I you're using IPv6, you should also make sure you don't announce routes
> to MAC-based IPv6 addresses, but I'm sure you're already aware of that
> particular privacy issue.
>

Yes that is very annoying.

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marc/juul
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