RFC 9724 on State of Affairs for Randomized and Changing Media Access Control (MAC) Addresses

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        RFC 9724

        Title:      State of Affairs for Randomized and
                    Changing Media Access Control (MAC) Addresses
        Author:     JC. Zúñiga,
                    CJ. Bernardos, Ed.,
                    A. Andersdotter
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       March 2025
        Mailbox:    juzuniga@cisco.com,
                    cjbc@it.uc3m.es,
                    amelia.ietf@andersdotter.cc
        Pages:      17
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-madinas-mac-address-randomization-15.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9724

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9724

Internet users are becoming more aware that their activity over the
Internet leaves a vast digital footprint, that communications might
not always be properly secured, and that their location and actions
can be tracked. One of the main factors that eases tracking of
Internet users is the wide use of long-lasting, and sometimes
persistent, identifiers at various protocol layers. This document
focuses on Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. 

There have been several initiatives within the IETF and the IEEE 802
standards committees to address some of the privacy issues involved.
This document provides an overview of these activities to help
coordinate standardization activities in these bodies.

This document is a product of the MAC Address Device Identification for Network and Application Services Working Group of the IETF.

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