Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox [LWN.net]

Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

Posted Dec 6, 2012 20:43 UTC (Thu) by Fats (subscriber, #14882)
In reply to: Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox by raven667
Parent article: Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

You'd be able to tell that the device _was_ a FreedomBox but you wouldn't be able to track _which_ one it was.

I think the FreedomBox people want to avoid exactly that. Giving away the FreedomBox identity is in certain places enough to draw attention.

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Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

Posted Dec 6, 2012 21:44 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

Fair enough.

Another poster pointed out that there is a large range set aside for locally generated addresses which is widely used that the FreedomBox could safely use without giving itself away.