Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4257 27 Feb 2026, 09:06

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 3:12.472 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
44.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.149
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.376
And I log in to a new session 11.206
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.838
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.090
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.075
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.359
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.059
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.051
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
Tags: @product
37.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.633
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
When I log in to a new session 12.556
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 14.786
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.086
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.394
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.076
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product
23.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.672
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.061
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.101
When I log in to a new session 11.937
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.107
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.010
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 2.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
22.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.520
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.061
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.126
When I log in to a new session 11.913
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.010
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
24.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.419
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.078
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.108
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.186
When I log in to a new session 13.198
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.062
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.357
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.011
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
40.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.166
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
When I start the computer 1.011
Then the computer boots Tails 38.676
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.355
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069