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Re: XML-proof UIDs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Salz)
Mon Nov 17 13:10:14 2003
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:24:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>
To: Tim Dierks <tim@dierks.org>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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> This is what GUIDs/UUIDs were designed for, and they're used broadly.
> They're standardized in ISO 11578 [1], although there's a very similar
> public description in an expired Internet Draft [2]. Microsoft also
> publishes a description of how they generate their GUIDs, but I can't find
> it right now.
That draft has been replaced by the UUID/URN draft that I mentioned.
It includes all of the original text. Actually, I rewrote most of it
so it reads better now. It's actually in the final comment period and
should show up as an official RFC in few weeks.
/r$
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Rich Salz Chief Security Architect
DataPower Technology http://www.datapower.com
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