[issue15206] uuid module falls back to unsuitable RNG

[Christian Heimes]

Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> added the comment:

Not, not by definition. However an uuid generator shall geenerate uuid in a way that make collisions highly improbable. IMHO this verdict implies that an uuid generator should use the cryptographic RNG if available.

The behavior after fork() is clearly a bug as it will generate lots of collisions on systems that fall back to random.

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