The configured MAC address is supposed to be valid. I think the original idea was that an installer would generate the tyrex configuration file with a valid MAC address, relating to one of those on the local machine.
And yes, it does change the version field if it falls back to a random MAC address. -Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Downey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2003 1:30 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: UUID Reuse proposal > > > That's not good, since your fake MAC address could conflict with someone > else's real MAC address. If you're going to use random numbers for UUIDs, > you need to change the version field, also. > > -SMD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:37 PM > Subject: RE: UUID Reuse proposal > > > > The Tyrex implementation doesn't attempt to get the > > MAC address from the system, but loads it from a configuration > > file. > > If the address isn't configured, it falls back to using > > a random no. for the MAC address. > > > > -Tim > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
