On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:21:13 -0500 Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So in any case, what I am suggesting is that we make a semi-unique > identifier. It is unique enough that you won't get a collision in some > 'target' space, but not so unique that it stands out like a black dot > on a white shirt. Make the code adjustable somewhere in the process so > that if someone wants it off, it can be done and if they need it to be > a bigger space it can be done so. Isn't this pretty trivial to create? We put a limit on the number of machines that are accessible on a local network, say 10 million. Then we start at Fedora-1.localhost. e.g. 'Fedora-' + str (counter) + '.localhost' So if there is only one computer on the local network it is named Fedora-1.localhost. If there is more than one computer on the local network, we check for collisions with names until we hit the next in numerical order that isn't taken. while name_taken, counter += 1 hostname = 'Fedora-' + str (counter) + '.localhost' name_taken = check_for_collision (hostname) This ensures there will be *lots* of collisions on the web, but zero locally, at least for the first few hosts. Or am I missing something? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
