From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94828C3A59C for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70763206C2 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727005AbfHPJ41 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2019 05:56:27 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f43.google.com ([209.85.208.43]:41687 "EHLO mail-ed1-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726918AbfHPJ41 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2019 05:56:27 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f43.google.com with SMTP id w5so4623149edl.8 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:56:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=DVmDCVA+evLtq2XLreSXuYjIzjRadJcmpmk+J0XOpeo=; b=lat511NjSmWysS+jh6qx10YI6zfAvAl3UvGISeewdyVwH5IyL40Bci1cTrql59VsjR jHHElwltIA5TXQ88WQ/pmDKdX/0AkrBR4Eud/jbBQIUnfk/tqw15/jldgnVeOHI2vC+2 At1M2VWygBEet76wy9xiLZ4o/sDuMsVB3tIHRj+/i8nScm8aE5UclGvAZR1SUfY0lBfa mfar/f3RuHTdfhJCc15hIpd9X6hKGYEtDrEpDmyv8UcpYmCIxZ3tjTIuhbq2VY+jrD6a 4BCkMzr5JxFkE1KLgqvyROoxh3gQoJbgGpytuXD/iFWtk1Qvlf4hHCtrUjGmkp8f8Egt c9Dg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWAQqHrHj5ZCzeE/gxUVMqX+7m9AZN9UQViPAhRTDdopeRpSMS9 nbA0c3Lf107odr/eJqq9xgJDmUa7iD0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqziDrq4Ka0+eHosNg9s/pzYkUyfxpMM+s7hqHA3RVSMbI7aVVEwcCQ8Cf2oPEV6w9kkAbt/Dw== X-Received: by 2002:a50:cdd9:: with SMTP id h25mr9784639edj.231.1565949385699; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alrua-x1.borgediget.toke.dk ([2a00:7660:6da:443::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s4sm755452ejq.72.2019.08.16.02.56.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by alrua-x1.borgediget.toke.dk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 06EFD1800B1; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:56:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Toke =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= To: Jeff Johnson , James Prestwood Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC 0/1] Allow MAC change on up interface In-Reply-To: <46810d9dbb674fb8d8fb442f2418868a@codeaurora.org> References: <20190815185702.30937-1-prestwoj@gmail.com> <46810d9dbb674fb8d8fb442f2418868a@codeaurora.org> X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:56:23 +0200 Message-ID: <877e7dwi0o.fsf@toke.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Jeff Johnson writes: > On 2019-08-15 11:57, James Prestwood wrote: >> - Adds a new NL80211_ATTR for including a "random mac" to >> CMD_CONNECT. This MAC is passed down the stack and gets set to >> the net_device's address. > > My initial reaction is that I'd avoid using the term "random". +1 - from the description I was expecting calls to get_random_bytes() in the setter function :) > For some use cases the address may truly be random, but for other use > cases it may be derived, perhaps in an AP-specific manner. Other terms > which may be more appropriate are "spoofed mac", "administered mac", > etc. "custom mac"?