Nov 15, 2008 · UUID is the same as GUID (Microsoft) and is part of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), standardized by the Open Software Foundation (OSF). As mentioned, …

How do I create a GUID/UUID in Python that is platform independent? I hear there is a method using ActivePython on Windows but it's Windows only because it uses COM. Is there a …

Oct 29, 2008 · Reserved, Microsoft Corporation backward compatibility Reserved for future definition. According to RFC 4122, all UUID variants are "real UUIDs", then all GUIDs are real …

May 7, 2019 · How do I create GUIDs (globally-unique identifiers) in JavaScript? The GUID / UUID should be at least 32 characters and should stay in the ASCII range to avoid trouble …

The generated type 3 or type 5 UUID holds a (partial) hash of the namespace id and name-within-namespace (key). It no more holds the namespace UUID than does a message MAC hold the …

Dec 3, 2013 · Which version of the UUID should you use? I saw a lot of threads explaining what each version entails, but I am having trouble figuring out what's best for what applications.

Here is an alternative approach to UUID. Though the chance of collision is infinitesimal UUID doesn't guarantee uniqueness. To guarantee the uniqueness you may want to use compound …

Nov 10, 2009 · The OSSP uuid tool can decode UUIDs of all versions. On Debian-based Linux systems you can use apt-get install uuid to install it; for other distributions, the package name …

Dec 19, 2018 · I have a string that should be a UUID. Is there any built-in Python function available to check whether the UUID is valid or not, and to check its version?

Nov 24, 2010 · To make the previous comment a bit more concrete: UUID.randomUUID () creates a version 4 UUID: 'As in other UUIDs, 4 bits are used to indicate version 4, and 2 or 3 bits to …