Re: Extending uniqid() or not?

From:	Stas Malyshev	Date:	Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:33:00 +0000
Subject:	Re: Extending uniqid() or not?
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Hi!

> It may be extend to produce safe unique ID
> 
>  string uniqid(TRUE) - Returns random ID string which is safe to use
> security purposes.

What's wrong with mcrypt_create_iv() which exists specifically for the
purpose of generating secure random string?

> P.S. Is anyone working UUID? PostgreSQL is using OSSP's UUID lib, it's good
> for PHP.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/uuid-ossp.html

There's uuid extension for PHP as far as I can see:
http://ossp-uuid.sourcearchive.com/documentation/1.6.2-1ubuntu2/php_2uuid_8c_source.html


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Thread (29 messages)

• Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 04:32:21 +0000
  • Martin JansenSun, 02 Feb 2014 07:35:46 +0000
    • Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 10:12:01 +0000
      • Pierre JoyeSun, 02 Feb 2014 10:27:27 +0000
      • Tjerk MeestersSun, 02 Feb 2014 23:55:04 +0000
        • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 01:13:45 +0000
          • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 01:33:48 +0000
          • Tjerk MeestersMon, 03 Feb 2014 04:59:12 +0000
            • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 05:08:24 +0000
            • Pierre JoyeMon, 03 Feb 2014 06:25:20 +0000
              • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 07:20:27 +0000
              • Tjerk MeestersMon, 03 Feb 2014 07:45:32 +0000
                • Pierre JoyeMon, 03 Feb 2014 08:00:15 +0000
  • Stas MalyshevSun, 02 Feb 2014 10:33:00 +0000
    • Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 22:08:45 +0000
      • Arvids GodjuksSun, 02 Feb 2014 22:41:14 +0000
        • Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 22:51:03 +0000
      • Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 22:46:03 +0000
        • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 01:26:17 +0000
      • Pierre JoyeSun, 02 Feb 2014 22:59:09 +0000
      • Stas MalyshevSun, 02 Feb 2014 23:02:29 +0000
        • Yasuo OhgakiSun, 02 Feb 2014 23:07:09 +0000
          • Stas MalyshevSun, 02 Feb 2014 23:33:14 +0000
  • Lester CaineSun, 02 Feb 2014 13:14:08 +0000
  • Derick RethansMon, 03 Feb 2014 10:08:19 +0000
    • Yasuo OhgakiMon, 03 Feb 2014 21:25:38 +0000
  • Pádraic BradyMon, 03 Feb 2014 11:48:52 +0000
• Andrey AndreevMon, 03 Feb 2014 08:13:26 +0000Re: Extending uniqid() or not?
  • Stas MalyshevMon, 03 Feb 2014 08:18:49 +0000