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NiLuJe · 09-09-2010, 01:14 PM

Speaking of random, they did add a 'guid' in the 2.5 update. (Cf. /etc/guid & /etc/init.d/guidinit). It creates a short md5sum of a bunch of random data from urandom.

No idea if it's related to the DRM scheme for the books, or for something else (KDK?).

09-09-2010, 01:14 PM	#7
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Speaking of random, they did add a 'guid' in the 2.5 update. (Cf. /etc/guid & /etc/init.d/guidinit). It creates a short md5sum of a bunch of random data from urandom. No idea if it's related to the DRM scheme for the books, or for something else (KDK?).