Bill- Thursday, November 30, 2006, 1:18:01 PM, you wrote:
> Does any have handy, or would be interested in writing, a bona-fide GUID > generator? > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier > It's probably simpler than I can comprehend from all the programmer-talk in > those pages. I doubt the Transcript code would be much simpler than the C# <g>: System.Guid desiredGuid = System.Guid.NewGuid(); but I second Dar's concern over the "bona-fide" qualifier. Microsoft's implementation has been criticized as being unsecure - the MAC id can still be identified from the guid, and therefore documents can be trace to their owners - that's how the writer of the Melissa virus was found. The "standard" way of generating a guid involves the MAC id and a time string - are you looking for something more secure than that? -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution