Hi August,

On 2021-04-11 13:53:00, you wrote to me:

 WvV>>  H:\myutils>> rando2
 AA>>> lfz$bkmcmmg36ye@jll1xpieaats

 WvV>> Those aren't 32 bit.

 AA> Ah... so the "serialno" part *must" be 8-char?  Then rando could
 AA> still work like so:

You should read the fts document on it! ;)

"...The serial number may be any eight character hexadecimal number"

 H:\myutils>> rando
 AA> yZn=ZRG-

 WvV>> there's always a change of a collision within 3 years.

 AA> Yes.. I've suspected that could be problematic.

It's a very small chance, but it can still happen. I think I have seen a few cases where it happend in the last decades... ;)

 AA>>> I remember something about the MSGID being referred to as a two-
 AA>>> part string with "origaddr" + "serialno", where "origaddr" is
 AA>>> intended to be a qualified "address of the originating system".

 WvV>> No: "... address for the originating network"
 WvV>>                                      ^^^^^^^

 AA> Ah.. that little word "for" makes a big difference.  :

 AA> Then the synchronet version adds some added uniqueness.

As Maurice said... ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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