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From: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
To: iwd@lists.01.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] doc: document AddressRandomization=network option
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:38:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200317173855.19680-7-prestwoj@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200317173855.19680-1-prestwoj@gmail.com>

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---
 src/iwd.config.rst | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/iwd.config.rst b/src/iwd.config.rst
index dd04909c..96774092 100644
--- a/src/iwd.config.rst
+++ b/src/iwd.config.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The group ``[General]`` contains general settings.
        this setting.
 
    * - AddressRandomization
-     - Values: **disabled**, once
+     - Values: **disabled**, once, network
 
        If ``AddressRandomization`` is set to ``disabled``, the default kernel
        behavior is used.  This means the kernel will assign a mac address from
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ The group ``[General]`` contains general settings.
        randomized a single time when **iwd** starts or when the hardware is
        detected for the first time (due to hotplug, etc.)
 
+       If ``AddressRandomization`` is set to ``network``, the MAC address is
+       randomized on each connection to a network. The MAC is generated based on
+       the SSID and permanent address of the adapter. This allows the same MAC
+       to be generated each time connecting to a given SSID while still hiding
+       the permanent address.
+
    * - AddressRandomizationRange
      - Values: **full**, nic
 
-- 
2.21.1

      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-03-17 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-17 17:38 [PATCH 1/7] netdev: prepare for MAC randomization rework James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` [PATCH 2/7] netdev: manager: pass mac type to netdev_create_from_genl James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` [PATCH 3/7] wiphy: add _generate_address_from_ssid James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` [PATCH 4/7] netdev: support per-network MAC addresses James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` [PATCH 5/7] manager: add 'network' option to AddressRandomization James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` [PATCH 6/7] station: print error message if setting MAC failed James Prestwood
2020-03-17 17:38 ` James Prestwood [this message]

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