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Re: Machine Identity

"Frank Ellermann" <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Thu, 28 February 2008 17:44 UTC

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From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
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Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> I don't know what you disagree with. 

Indeed.

> If it is my statement that people will find reasons to muddle around
> with the uniqueness and stability property of whatever identifer you
> invent? I guess this is hard to proof so lets call it a hypothesis.

Maybe RFC 4122 (UUID) supports your hypothesis.   

 Frank

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