On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Thank you. Good to know. We are not too concerned with the router MAC, more so the client devices that connect to the mesh. > > 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. > Yes that is very annoying. -- marc/juul
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