Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_disclose-security-issues-post-release 2 27 May 2026, 18:38

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Spoofing MAC addresses 55 0 0 0 0 55 6 0 6 2:48.073 Passed
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Feature Spoofing MAC addresses
In order to not reveal information about the physical location As a Tails user I want to be able to control whether my network devices MAC addresses should be spoofed And I want this feature to fail safe and notify me in case of errors
Tags: @product
37.321
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.666
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.056
And I log in to a new session 11.374
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.637
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.061
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.059
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.213
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.085
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.055
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
Tags: @product
31.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.956
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I log in to a new session 12.564
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.932
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.055
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.207
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.090
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040
Tags: @product
21.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.046
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.106
When I log in to a new session 12.033
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.017
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068
Tags: @product
20.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.131
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.017
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.075
When I log in to a new session 11.467
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044
Tags: @product
22.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.900
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.027
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.109
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.151
When I log in to a new session 13.270
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.080
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.290
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046
Tags: @product
35.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.110
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.758
Then the computer boots Tails 34.903
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049