To:
"'George Belotsky'" <george@register.com>, ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date:
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 13:36:39 -0500
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: Unique handle generation
George, In terms of placing interoperability in the hands of the user, I prefer the idea of either letting them choose their own identifier (it it happens to be unused by anyone else), or using an e-mail address. InterNIC-generated handles (which sounds similar to what you've suggested below) haven't proven to be very memorable or useful in other contexts. <Scott/> -----Original Message----- From: George Belotsky [mailto:george@register.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:54 AM To: ietf-provreg@cafax.se Subject: Unique handle generation Since unique handle creation is still an open issue, could we not borrow/adapt a UUID generating algorithm for making such handles? This eliminates the need to keep a centralized database of these things. Anyone can have as many handles as they want, and use them as they see fit. This places interoperability in the hands of the user; if someone wants their information shared between systems, they will continue to use the same handle. George. ----------------------------- George Belotsky Senior Software Architect Register.com, inc. george@register.com 212-798-9127 (phone) 212-798-9876 (fax)