Hodie XIV Kal. Iun. MMXI, Tim Watts scripsit:
> On 19/05/11 16:46, Peter Sylvester wrote:
> >another approach is to take the value of 'time' (the current second)
> >and append to it the current process number, and, in case of
> >several machines, some number indicating the id of the machine.
> >
> >instead of the process number, any other method to ensure uniqueness
> >within a second may be used.
>
> Ah yes - that would guarantee a non repeating unpredictable sequence.
>
> I was confuse initially as I did not realise the serial number could
> be so big (16 bytes was it?).
20 bytes max, for the RFC5280.
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