Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_disclose-security-issues-post-release 3 29 May 2026, 19:00

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 2:44.284 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
36.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.599
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.910
And I log in to a new session 10.923
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.906
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.064
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.057
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.239
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.058
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.044
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
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 7.136
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 11.054
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.346
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.051
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.040
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.193
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.070
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.070
Tags: @product
19.905
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 7.085
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.097
When I log in to a new session 11.042
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
Tags: @product
20.784
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 7.156
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.078
When I log in to a new session 11.890
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
Tags: @product
21.249
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 7.133
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.021
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.092
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.122
When I log in to a new session 11.983
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.239
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030
Tags: @product
34.375
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.058
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
When I start the computer 0.710
Then the computer boots Tails 33.309
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.283
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047