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Re: [RFC 0/1] Allow MAC change on up interface

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Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 2019-08-15 11:57, James Prestwood wrote:
>>  - Adds a new NL80211_ATTR for including a "random mac" to
>>    CMD_CONNECT. This MAC is passed down the stack and gets set to
>>    the net_device's address.
>
> My initial reaction is that I'd avoid using the term "random".

+1 - from the description I was expecting calls to get_random_bytes() in
the setter function :)

> For some use cases the address may truly be random, but for other use
> cases it may be derived, perhaps in an AP-specific manner. Other terms
> which may be more appropriate are "spoofed mac", "administered mac",
> etc.

"custom mac"?



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