Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4209 04 Feb 2026, 13:00

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 3:22.550 Passed
Tags: @product
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
45.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.111
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.524
And I log in to a new session 12.773
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 13.430
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.093
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.095
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.406
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.066
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.083
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
38.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.729
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
When I log in to a new session 12.953
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 14.829
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.106
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.421
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.073
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
23.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.609
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.073
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.303
When I log in to a new session 12.760
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.011
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
24.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.637
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.083
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.246
When I log in to a new session 12.977
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.014
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 2.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075
Tags: @product
26.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.252
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.086
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.163
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.233
When I log in to a new session 14.084
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.075
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.329
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.014
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 2.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
43.825
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.231
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
When I start the computer 1.195
Then the computer boots Tails 41.984
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.394
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073