David Garamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Perhaps I can make a GUID by MD5( two random numbers || a timestamp || a unique seed like MD5 of '/sbin/ifconfig' output)...
Adding an MD5 hash contributes *absolutely zero*, except waste of space, to any attempt to make a GUID. The hash will add no uniqueness that was not there before.
Of course, in the above case, MD5 is used to compress the "uniqueness" (which should be more than 128-bit, comprised of: a) [good] random number; b) timestamp; c) a "node ID" element, either from /sbin/config output which contain MAC address, or from the hash of harddisk content, etc) into a 128-bit space.
-- dave
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