Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.8.1 3 03 Jun 2026, 21:19

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 2:52.491 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
44.293
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 7.203
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.993
And I log in to a new session 10.260
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.289
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.055
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.066
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.196
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.069
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.046
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
Tags: @product
30.795
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 7.160
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 11.256
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.740
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.204
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.081
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.083
Tags: @product
20.435
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 7.232
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.086
When I log in to a new session 11.380
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046
Tags: @product
20.952
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 7.025
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.101
When I log in to a new session 12.120
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
Tags: @product
20.815
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 6.986
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.088
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.153
When I log in to a new session 11.652
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.058
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.250
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035
Tags: @product
35.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
When I start the computer 0.705
Then the computer boots Tails 34.055
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.376
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050