On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, Bluebie, Jenna wrote:
> I think the IRC client is something that really belongs in hackety hack, not
> in the runtime itself. Lets keep shoes compact?
>
> And Hugh: You don't want HMAC, you just want a unique identifier code. UUID is
> an easy way to get that, as they are usually calculated off a combo of some
Given _Why's anti-spam strategy I'll concede this. I only wanted HMAC so
we could authenticate without passing anything in the same message that
someone else could steal and do evil spammy things in one's disguise.
With HMAC they can't steal your shoe-prints, to leave at the scene of a
crime.
> other unique thing to the computer, like one of the network interface MAC
> addresses, and the current moment in time, as well as how many UUID's have
> been made before. Grabbing a network mac address would be plenty unique though
> too. :)
Hugh
