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As you may remember, we carried out three Wi-Fi privacy experiments at the past IETF91, IEEE 802 March plenary, and IETF92 meetings. The IEEE has issued a press release about the experiments and this has created good interest from the media. From now on the Wi-Fi privacy network setup will be part of the normal IETF and IEEE 802 networks, supporting hence users that are running clients with private MAC addresses.
Below is a list of links to the IEEE press release and some of the related articles:
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IEEE Press Release: IEEE Announces Successful Wireless Privacy Trials at IETF and IEEE 802® Meetings
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http://standards.ieee.org/news/2015/wireless_privacy_trials.html
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MAC Address Privacy Inches Towards Standardisation "IEEE hums along to IETF anti-surveillance tune"
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The Register, June 26, 2015,
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/mac_address_privacy_inches_towards_standardisation/
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IEEE Group Recommends Random MAC Addresses for Wi-Fi Security
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CSO, July 8, 2015 ,
http://www.csoonline.com/article/2945044/cyber-attacks-espionage/ieee-groups-recommends-random-mac-addresses-for-wi-fi-security.html
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IEEE Study Group Recommends Improvements in Wi-Fi Security
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FierceWireless, July 9, 2015,
http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/ieee-study-group-recommends-improvements-wi-fi-security/2015-07-09
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MAC Address Randomization Gets Closer to Becoming a Standard
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Softpedia, June 26, 2015,
http://news.softpedia.com/news/mac-address-randomization-gets-closer-to-becoming-a-standard-485372.shtml
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IEEE said it successfully tested improved privacy features for Wi-Fi at field trials.
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RCR Wireless, Kelly Hill, June 26, 2015,
http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150626/test-and-measurement/test-and-measurement-keysight-to-work-with-korea-telecom-on-5g-tag6
Also, last week on July 17, IEEE 802 approved a new project to produce a document describing a privacy threat model and recommendations for IEEE 802 protocol developers, which will eventually become the IEEE 802E specification. -- Juan Carlos Zuniga |