Ted> Ultimately, it might be useful to put a DCE-style UUID
Ted> generator in the kernel, since some applications require a
Ted> *large* number of UUID's, and the DCE UUID really assumes that
Ted> a central UUID authority per network node is handing out
Ted> UUID's.
/dev/uuid anyone?
the algorithm isn't too complex, and there's code available but i'm
not sure about its ownership/usage constraints. it seems like a
really nice idea ...
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