From 5280abfa10d04fc294778f85335dcb72498481d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Neukirchen Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 19:31:34 +0100 Subject: 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. --- man/mgenmid.1 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/mgenmid.1 b/man/mgenmid.1 index b63b5db..ad1abc2 100644 --- a/man/mgenmid.1 +++ b/man/mgenmid.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.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 -- cgit 1.4.1