On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 02:37:57AM -0500, Jon Masters wrote: > > BTW, You may be better off using "uuidgen -t" to generate the UUID in > > the smolt RPM, since that will use 12 bits of randomness from > > /dev/random, plus the MAC, address and timestamp. So even if there is > > zero randomness in /dev/random, and the time is January 1, 1970, at > > least the MAC will contribute some uniqueness to the UUID. > > I haven't checked how uuidgen uses the MAC, but I would suggest that > that is not something Fedora should jump at doing - although it would > help ensure unique UUIDs, it also contributes to the tinfoil hat > responses that usually come up with things like smolt.
Huh? What's the concern? All you are submitting is a list of hardware devices in your system. That's hardly anything sensitive.... - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/