On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Micah Carrick <mi...@greentackle.com> wrote:
> I cannot use uuid4().hex because that's 32 characters... I need <30.

uuid4().hex[:30] is almost as random as uuid4().hex

There are no timers, MAC addresses, or other non-random sections in a
UUID4, so taking any 30-character slice from it should get you 120
bits of pure random goodness.

-- 
Regards,
Ian Clelland
<clell...@gmail.com>

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