Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 3 25 Aug 2026, 13:56

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 2:40.196 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
37.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.388
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.123
And I log in to a new session 10.951
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.111
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.050
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.044
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.179
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.065
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.056
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
29.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.699
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 11.902
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.955
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.058
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.167
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.065
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
20.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.173
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.078
When I log in to a new session 10.991
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.042
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
20.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.011
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.035
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.111
When I log in to a new session 11.226
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 2.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
20.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.792
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.026
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.078
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.140
When I log in to a new session 10.987
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.116
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.240
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
33.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.105
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.604
Then the computer boots Tails 32.189
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049