[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       tails-dev
Subject:    [Tails-dev] Oversimplified and incorrect doc about MAC addresses
From:       sajolida () pimienta ! org (sajolida at pimienta ! org)
Date:       2013-02-26 11:49:15
Message-ID: 512CA13B.3050806 () pimienta ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

On 18/02/13 21:06, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> our current MAC address doc [1] reads:
> 
>   "This address is actually used to address your computer on the local
>   network, but it will never get out on the Internet so people can not
>   use it to trace you."
> 
> [1] https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/mac_changer/
> 
> It was raised on #tails (thanks velope!) that this is oversimplified
> and incorrect: "There are many public wifi 'login' pages that transmit
> the mac to a central authentication server in a URL; like in chain
> hotels".
> 
> sajolida: shall I file a ticket, or do you want to do it, or just fix
> it on the spot?

This page should be rewritten after the MAC thingie gets implemented.
But for the moment I fixed it with commit 0d9718d.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 900 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: </pipermail/tails-dev/attachments/20130226/a801fdc2/attachment.pgp>

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]