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Author	vstinner
Recipients	alex, barry, vila, vstinner
Date	2017-02-20.14:21:00
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Message-id	<1487600461.29.0.268917313693.issue22807@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I don't understand well this change. What am I supposed to do with an UUID with safe=False? Should I loop on the function until I get safe==True? "safe for multiprocessing applications" Does it mean unique on the whole system? I looked at uuid_generate_time_safe(3) manual page which mention "synchronization mechanisms (see above)" but they are not documented. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/en/man3/uuid_generate.3.html > I'm classifying this as a security issue, (...) This issue was only fixed in Python 3.7. Does it mean that it's no more considered as as security vulnerability?

I don't understand well this change.

What am I supposed to do with an UUID with safe=False? Should I loop on the function until I get safe==True?


"safe for multiprocessing applications"

Does it mean unique on the whole system?

I looked at uuid_generate_time_safe(3) manual page which mention "synchronization mechanisms (see above)" but they are not documented.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/en/man3/uuid_generate.3.html


> I'm classifying this as a security issue, (...)

This issue was only fixed in Python 3.7. Does it mean that it's no more considered as as security vulnerability?

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