From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:01:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man: document that Anonymize=yes makes DHCP leases grow in size
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man: document that Anonymize=yes makes DHCP leases grow in size

Fixes: #11551
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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index b06785046da..5a83314332f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1263,6 +1263,11 @@
             <varname>UseRoutes=</varname>, <varname>SendHostname=</varname>,
             <varname>UseMTU=</varname>, <varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname>,
             <varname>UseTimezone=</varname>.</para>
+
+            <para>With this option enabled DHCP requests will mimic those generated by Microsoft Windows, in
+            order to reduce the ability to fingerprint and recognize installations. This means DHCP request
+            sizes will grow and lease data will be more comprehensive than normally, though most of the
+            requested data is not actually used.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>