[Freedombox-pkg-team] Bug#807724: Bug#807724: freedombox-setup: macchanger does not work

[Sunil Mohan Adapa]

On 08/29/2016 09:35 PM, James Valleroy wrote:
[...]
> 
> 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/
> 

Some more points:

- NetworkManager 1.4 is already in Debian unstable.

- The old configuration keys are now deprecated.

- The new key's value can be set globally for all connections both
current and future by editing /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
(see man page).  This is probably the best way for us take care of this
feature.  Perhaps we should have a new 'Settings' tab in network
connections that will let the user choose the type of randomization
(default: random).  In case of problems, they can change to 'stable' or
'none'.

-- 
Sunil


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