RVP wrote: > I think what David's looking for is something akin to Linux's > > /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id > > something which only changes on every boot but is otherwise stable.
I'm curious how well this boot_id works on Linux for things like a embedded system (eg router) that boots from a ram disk and doesn't have an RTC. Essentially a similar problem to our long-running entropy discussion. Cheers, Simon.