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

Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

Posted Dec 7, 2012 0:48 UTC (Fri) by docwhat (subscriber, #40373)
Parent article: Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

If the goal is to blend in, then why not:

Collect nearby MAC vendor codes.
Run it through a blacklist.
Then randomly choose a vendor code.
Randomize the remaining parts.

This should cause it to blend in better.

Alternatively, get a list of vendor codes to emulate (based on region or something similar), and randomize based on those vendor codes.

I suppose in some places, owning a DELL Laptop would spell as much trouble as owning a FreedomBox; so picking a good list of vendor codes would be needed.

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Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox

Posted Dec 16, 2012 15:24 UTC (Sun) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]

This was my idea too: Listen passively for a few seconds, or until you've gathered a handful of MACs being used near you. Then randomly choose one of those vendor-ids while randomising the remaining bits.

This should make you blend in nicely with whatever other devices are on the network-segment you connect to.