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Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space
From: Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:25:02 +0300
On (2012-07-18 09:10 -0400), valdis.kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
You want to roll in at some entropy by adding in the current date or something, so two "Joes' Burritos and Internet" in 2 different states don't generate the same value. There's a reason that 4193 recommends a 64bit timestamp and an EUI64.
I assume business ids are federal not state, as IRS is federal? Anyhow I'm not saying 'this is how it should be done', I'm saying maybe there is way to do this in a way which is verifiably random. 64b timestamp and EUI64 make it non-verifiable. I think it would be nice, that people who play by the rules are able to prove they did. Otherwise you can generate it any way you want and claim you did it the right way. -- ++ytti
Current thread:
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space, (continued)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 15)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Seth Mattinen (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Seth Mattinen (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Seth Mattinen (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Mark Andrews (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space valdis . kletnieks (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Michael Thomas (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Mark Andrews (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jimmy Hess (Jul 18)