Re: Generate unique login token
| From: | Eric Butera | Date: | Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:54:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Generate unique login token | ||
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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM, sean greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a login system that I am coding. I need it to generate a unique token
> on login to be stored in the browser's cookie. I currently use a script that
> generates a MD5 hash of the current unix timestamp, then checks the mysql
> database to see if the token already exists. It loops this generate/check
> until it gets a unique token. Is there a better way to do this? I want a
> token that cannot be easiy predicted (i.e. not an auto-increment value).
> Thanks in advance!
> --
> --Zootboy
>
mysql select uuid()
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