Globally Unique Service Identifiers!
ü The very first time a service registers with a lookup
service, it is assigned an ID
ü ID is globally unique
ü Service is required to remember forever
ü 60 of the 128 bits express the current system time in
100 ns increments since 1582
ü Remainder is random
295,147,905,179,352,825,856 choices…
ü Allows clients to determine if services registered at
different lookups are the same
ü Allows lookup servers to notice duplicate registrations