Difference between revisions of "Mesh/Tracking"

We have to log at least some sort of hash of MAC addresses at the exit nodes in order to ensure that the same device does not see the splash page constantly. This is problematic since a normal hashing algorithm could probably be brute-forced given the effective in-use pool size of MAC addresses, especially if the type of device is known in advance. The solution seems to be to use a hashing algorithm that has some percentage of false positives, such that several MAC addresses would hash to the same value. The only side-effect would be that some devices would not show the splash page when they should. This is ok. It's unclear if not logging MAC addreses is really that important, since anyone listening to network traffic would be able to see which devices connect.