Re:UUIDs in MySQL are really not random
by beefhash on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:51AM
(#19085721)
> If you are even more like me, you will think that this is like the difference between /dev/urandom and /dev/random
/dev/urandom does not produce such non-random results; the comparison is rather far-fetched. /dev/urandom is suitable for virtually all tasks, including cryptography[1]. It's the same as /dev/random on various BSDs, even.
/dev/urandom does not produce such non-random results; the comparison is rather far-fetched. /dev/urandom is suitable for virtually all tasks, including cryptography[1]. It's the same as /dev/random on various BSDs, even.
[1] https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/