Xavier de Gaye <xdeg...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> I'm not sure that 000000000000 is better than a random address.
I agree, getnode() when obtained from a MAC address should not return 0.
RFC 4122 states (emphasis on 'uniqueness' is mine):
This document specifies three algorithms to generate UUIDs: the
first leverages the unique values of 802 MAC addresses to
guarantee *uniqueness*, ...
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