diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py index 76f1e158a..709c70b65 100644 --- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py @@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ from netifaces import ifaddresses # this is not the same as socket.AF_INET/INET6 from netifaces import AF_INET from netifaces import AF_INET6 -from uuid import uuid3 -from uuid import NAMESPACE_DNS from vyos import ConfigError from vyos.configdict import list_diff @@ -439,11 +437,22 @@ class Interface(Control): >>> Interface('eth0').get_mac() '00:50:ab:cd:ef:00' """ - # calculate a UUID based on the interface name - this is as predictable - # as an interface MAC address and thus can be used in the same way - tmp = uuid3(NAMESPACE_DNS, self.ifname) - # take the last 48 bits from the UUID string - tmp = str(tmp).split('-')[-1] + from hashlib import sha256 + + # Get processor ID number + cpu_id = self._cmd('sudo dmidecode -t 4 | grep ID | head -n1 | sed "s/.*ID://;s/ //g"') + # Get system eth0 base MAC address - every system has eth0 + eth0_mac = Interface('eth0').get_mac() + + sha = sha256() + # Calculate SHA256 sum based on the CPU ID number, eth0 mac address and + # this interface identifier - this is as predictable as an interface + # MAC address and thus can be used in the same way + sha.update(cpu_id.encode()) + sha.update(eth0_mac.encode()) + sha.update(self.ifname.encode()) + # take the most significant 48 bits from the SHA256 string + tmp = sha.hexdigest()[:12] # Convert pseudo random string into EUI format which now represents a # MAC address tmp = EUI(tmp).value |