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[PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
Cc: 58472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58472: [PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:30:49 -0700

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I've been looking into this and have several patches along these lines. 
None of them address message-unique-id directly yet (I plan to tackle 
this soon) but they do address the general problem area. The basic idea 
is to use a new make-nonce primitive.

I thought I'd email the patches now to see what others think about the 
direction they're headed.

[0001-No-need-to-call-w32_init_random.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-Simplify-feedmail-Message-ID-generation.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0003-Simplify-calc-comb-by-using-random.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0004-Simplify-calc-prog-by-using-random.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0005-doc-lispref-numbers.texi-Improve-random-doc.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0006-New-function-make-nonce.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0007-Simplify-auth-source-obfuscate-via-make-nonce.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0008-Simplify-ntml-by-using-make-nonce.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0009-Improve-randomness-of-server.el.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0010-Improve-randomness-of-message-canlock-generate.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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