The technique from Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Seeding which describes allocating a segment of the fixed-length counter as a rollover guard is also recommended and SHOULD be employed to help mitigate counter rollover issues. (snip)
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The technique from Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Seeding which describes allocating a segment of the fixed-length counter as a rollover guard is also helpful to mitigate counter rollover issues. (snip)
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6.2. Monotonicity and Counters - Counter Rollover Guards:
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The technique from Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Seeding which describes allocating a segment of the fixed-length counter as a rollover guard is also
recommended and SHOULD be employed to helpmitigate counter rollover issues. (snip)Proposed Text:
The technique from Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Seeding which describes allocating a segment of the fixed-length counter as a rollover guard is also helpful to mitigate counter rollover issues. (snip)
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To align with the MAY wording used in the Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Seeding: paragraph.
Further discussion: https://github.com/uuid6/uuid6-ietf-draft/issues/60#issuecomment-1091738675
See also https://github.com/LiosK/infinite-uuid7-rs if you are interested in how often a counter rollover could occur. With a 42-bit counter, it almost never happens.