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To: George Belotsky <george@register.com>
Cc: Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com>, "Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>, ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From: Michael Mealling <michael@bailey.dscga.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:24:19 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20010314131505.F19032@register.com>; from george@register.com on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:15:05PM -0500
Reply-To: michaelm@netsol.com
Sender: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.2i
Subject: Re: Unique handle generation

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:15:05PM -0500, George Belotsky wrote:
> I am puzzled why some people find this algorithm complicated.
> Is running a registry for handles really a simpler solution
> than a UUID?

If it means retrofitting your entire current system because all of your
existing handles have to change, yes.....

-MM

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