> That might just work. A UUIDv4 is 128 bits, so it can be plugged in > wherever 128 bits of nonce are required. However this isn't always the > case, for example AES-GCM is commonly used with 96 bit nonces. Another > thing to consider is that the egg provides UUID4. UUID1 might be smarter > for a distributed setting as it has a machine-specific part.
I've looked at the egg source and found it takes the output of `random-bytes` from `(chicken random)` and formats it. So one might as well use `random-bytes` directly. The UUID1 route might still be worth exploring. Vasilij
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