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authorLeah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>2018-12-25 19:31:34 +0100
committerLeah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>2018-12-25 19:31:34 +0100
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mgenmid: do not use raw timestamp
We one-time-pad the timestamp with a random key instead.
This will provide enough entropy to be unique, but not leak the system date.
Even with a bad RNG state it should guarantee uniqueness, however.
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-.Dd August 1, 2016
+.Dd December 25, 2018
 .Dt MGENMID 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 generates and prints a unique Message-ID.
-The Message-ID consists of an encoded timestamp,
+The Message-ID consists of an encrypted timestamp,
 a random value,
 and a fully qualified domain name.
 .Pp