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Re: GUID algorithm
Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> writes:
> The problem with generating GUIDs randomly, in practice, is that many
> so-called random number generators are not all that random. But if you
> are confident in the quality of your RNG, by all means use it.
Under Linux, one can use /dev/urandom, which provides random bits from
a cryptographically strong PRNG seeded by entropy gathered from a
number of sources. I have heard that there are DLLs available for
Windows that provide similiar functionality.
Andreas
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