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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to generate random UUID's

from [Ian Jackson]

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Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to generate random UUID's
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Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:15:10 +0100
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to 
generate random UUID's"):
> Deriving from the vm name makes sense as a fallback if they haven't 
> specified a uuid.  But I think in that case it would make more sense to 
> derive the uuid from the domain name, and then everything else from that 
> uuid.

That would satisfy me.  There should be a configurable seed for the
hash.

> If the default uuid is random at the moment, then it should be pretty 
> safe to change it to anything else.

Yes, provided it doesn't cause clashes.

Ian.

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