Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:11:39 +0200 |
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Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> writes:
>> now if you can repeatably get the same number then you probably have a bug >> in the random number code, but if you need uniqueness you need something >> else. > > Can you think of another, reliable, source of uniqueness?
You could use your geographical position and the exact time, both easily available with GPS. In case several machines are within the GPS resolution, you could add some more parameters that would typically be different, such as network address.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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