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I like the idea of using the MAC address. What makes version 4 UUIDs better?

April 26, 2017address IDEA Mac uuids version

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I like the idea of using the MAC address. What makes version 4 UUIDs better?

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Using a version 4 UUID could save you 20 months in a United States Federal Prison. Evidently the writer of the Melissa worm was tracked down in part by the MAC address in a UUID.