João Lucas <jlucas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> The purpose of this patch is to allow configuring wpa_supplicant to generate
> pseudo-random MAC addresses by hashing (sha256) the SSID together with the
> permanent address, just like iwd does when the AddressRandomization option is
> set to "network". This allows having a unique consistent address for each
> network without the need for additional per-network manual
> configuration.
Thanks. This would result in per-network-generated MAC: PNGM.
Please see:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-madinas-mac-address-randomization/
section 6 ---
(coming to an RFC soon).
> Also, if I may suggest: I think it would make more sense to put randomization
> style and randomization "range" (full/same_oui) into separate options, since
> this range would also be applicable to potential future styles such as this one.
Agreed.
> wpa_supplicant: Implement SSID-based MAC address randomization
I suggest using the terms that madinas made up.
(Note that one would ideally use an entirely random mac address when
soliciting for networks.)
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