On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 03:59:37PM +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> +int uuid_generate_random_safe(uuid_t out)
> +{
> + int num = 1;
> + /* No real reason to use the daemon for random uuid's -- yet */
Note that amongst some distributions, there is a very strong
resistance against using the uuidd daemon. Partially because it's
"yet another daemon", partially because any long-running daemon has to
get extra review/auditing because for potential security problems,
etc.
Also please note that there's only *one* user of the uuid library, the
proprietary SAP R/3 system, that generates enough uuids, and with a
high enough frequency, where "safety" has ever been an issue. Most of
the time, people simply aren't generating uuid's at the rate of
thousands a second. So I'm really not convinced it's a good idea to
assume that the uuidd daemon will *always* be installed, let alone be
running, and the wholesale deprecation of the existing interfaces
(which are compatible with interfaces used by a number of other
operating systems, BTW), just because there is this idea that the
exsting interfaces are "unsafe". Really, they're not.
- Ted
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