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. 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. -- Juliusz _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
