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Add an option called "random" that combined with "ether" can generate a

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random MAC address for an Ethernet interface.

PR:		211984
Submitted by:	pi@
Reviewed by:	gnn, cem, jhb, lidl, rpokala, wblock
Approved by:	wblock (manpages)
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Marcelo Araujo 2016-09-16 04:22:21 +00:00
parent f1a6b7cb09
commit e700bef2dc
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=305860
2 changed files with 28 additions and 12 deletions
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sbin/ifconfig/af_link.c
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@ -90,13 +90,23 @@ link_getaddr(const char *addr, int which)
if (which != ADDR)
errx(1, "can't set link-level netmask or broadcast");
if ((temp = malloc(strlen(addr) + 2)) == NULL)
errx(1, "malloc failed");
temp[0] = ':';
strcpy(temp + 1, addr);
sdl.sdl_len = sizeof(sdl);
link_addr(temp, &sdl);
free(temp);
if (!strcmp(addr, "random")) {
sdl.sdl_len = sizeof(sdl);
sdl.sdl_alen = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
sdl.sdl_nlen = 0;
sdl.sdl_family = AF_LINK;
arc4random_buf(&sdl.sdl_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
/* Non-multicast and claim it is a hardware address */
sdl.sdl_data[0] &= 0xfc;
} else {
if ((temp = malloc(strlen(addr) + 2)) == NULL)
errx(1, "malloc failed");
temp[0] = ':';
strcpy(temp + 1, addr);
sdl.sdl_len = sizeof(sdl);
link_addr(temp, &sdl);
free(temp);
}
if (sdl.sdl_alen > sizeof(sa->sa_data))
errx(1, "malformed link-level address");
sa->sa_family = AF_LINK;

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sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 8, 2016
.Dd September 17, 2016
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ is specified as a series of colon-separated hex digits.
This can be used to, for example,
set a new MAC address on an Ethernet interface, though the
mechanism used is not Ethernet specific.
Use the
.Pq Dq random
keyword to set a randomly generated MAC address.
A randomly-generated MAC address might be the same as one already in use
in the network.
Such duplications are extremely unlikely.
If the interface is already
up when this option is used, it will be briefly brought down and
then brought back up again in order to ensure that the receive
@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ Display subnet masks in dotted quad notation, for example:
.br
255.255.0.0 or 255.255.255.192
.It Sy hex
Display subnet masks in hexidecimal, for example:
Display subnet masks in hexadecimal, for example:
.br
0xffff0000 or 0xffffffc0
.El
@ -2615,13 +2621,13 @@ and
.Cm vlandev
must both be set at the same time.
.It Cm vlanpcp Ar priority_code_point
Priority code point
Priority code point
.Pq Dv PCP
is an 3-bit field which refers to the IEEE 802.1p
class of service and maps to the frame priority level.
.Pp
Values in order of priority are:
.Cm 1
.Cm 1
.Pq Dv Background (lowest) ,
.Cm 0
.Pq Dv Best effort (default) ,
@ -2759,7 +2765,7 @@ interface to send the frame directly to the remote host instead of
broadcasting the frame to the multicast group.
This is the default.
.It Fl vxlanlearn
The forwarding table is not populated by recevied packets.
The forwarding table is not populated by received packets.
.It Cm vxlanflush
Delete all dynamically-learned addresses from the forwarding table.
.It Cm vxlanflushall