Hi Gregg, > What you call PREFIX, I would probably call "Creation Location". To me, this > equates to the unique machine identifier as used in the OSF DCE spec. There > could be varying implementations for this, one of which *could* be an > external server. If RT could provide a native 'machine-uid function, that > would be ideal. Otherwise we have to synthesize it somehow, or make it a > configuration option.
I think we have slightly different models in mind. You, I think, are looking for a "prefix" unique to a machine. I was chipping in an approach to a slightly different problem: to get a unique "prefix" for an "application node" (to coin a phrase). That's a bit of an application running in one machine; but it might migrate to another; and that machine may be running more than one application, each of which needs to generate its own UUIDs. But yes, a machine-uid function (that gets the CPU model and serial for machines that support that; or the ethernet address for machines with a card; or _something_ unique) would be a big step in the right direction for both of us. Sunanda. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
