On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Michael Ströder <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote: >> I cannot understand the need for the system to creat a MAC address when >> every device is >> asigned an address by the manufacturer. > > This is a privacy feature. And yes, you want that when traveling with your > laptop in > certain countries. > > Note that recent Android versions and IIRC Windows 10 also do that. You can > observe that > when looking at leases in your DHCP server log.
I admin a business WiFi network (not meant for guests) with about 30 known devices that connect regularly (daily/weekly). I get notified when a new to the WiFi MAC shows up. I can assure you that non-static MACs is not standard on: Win10 laptops Win7 laptops iPhones (of my users) iMacs (of my users) printers (Brother / Xerox / Canon) android phones (of my users) If a user of that WiFi ever brings in a device with a non-static MAC, I will have to get with them and figure out how to make the MAC static. I'm not going to allow a device on that WiFi to trigger notices to me routinely and it is an important security control to know who is connecting to a non-guest WiFi. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
