Re: [Tails-dev] macchanger v1.7 bug alert

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Author: intrigeri
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] macchanger v1.7 bug alert
Hi,

Boruch Baum wrote (14 Feb 2014 15:23:38 GMT) :
> If you depend upon the package 'macchanger' to randomize your mac
> address, be aware that its new version, 1.7, recently uploaded to
> debian,contains a bug that the final three octets of an address are NOT
> being randomized. For example, if you attempt 'macchanger -e' your mac
> address will not change at all.


Thank you for reporting this to us.

Tails is generally based on Debian stable (currently: oldstable), so
we benefit from the staging of packages in Debian testing/sid, that
allows to catch most such critical bugs.

In this specific case, Tails ships macchanger 1.5.0-9 from Wheezy,
so it is not affected.

Cheers,
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