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From Peter J. Holzer
Subject Re: Sequence vs UUID
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In response to Re: Sequence vs UUID  (Benedict Holland <benedict.m.holland@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Sequence vs UUID  (Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>)
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On 2023-02-02 10:22:09 -0500, Benedict Holland wrote:
> Well... until two processes generate an identical UUID. That happened to me
> several times.

How did that happen? Pure software implementation with non-random seed?
Hardware with insufficient entropy source?

        hp

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