Re: IPv6 Privacy Extension support?

[James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>]

Hi Hannes,

On 3/1/24 6:46 AM, Hannes von Haugwitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Debian sid and iwd 2.15.
>
> When I enable network configuration and IPv6 in iwd config, the IPv6
> address contains the embedded interface identifier (i.e. the MAC
> address), even though IPv6 Privacy Extension is enabled for the device
> (net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr = 2).
>
> Do I miss something or is there no support for IPv6 Privacy Extension
> in iwd?

I'm not familiar with the privacy extensions specifically, but you can 
enable MAC address randomization which should hide the MAC for you. You 
can check the man pages for more details but in main.conf something like:

[Settings]
AddressRandomization=network
>
> Best regards
>
> Hannes
>