Smolt database is broken

Alan Cox alan at redhat.com
Tue Nov 20 11:52:03 UTC 2007


On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:32:03PM -0500, Yaakov Nemoy wrote:
> That is in fact a possibility.  It uses the output from
> /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid to work.  Is there a flaw with this
> method that we know nothing about?  Should we use another?

Well libuuid is the other alternative. I'm a bit concerned about reports
the kernel uuid generator isn't as random as it should be. I'd like to know
more - such as what uuids come up a lot and chase that further.

Alan




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