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create_new_id

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create_new_id() private

Create a new session id.

The session id is an MD5 hash based upon the time, a random number, and a constant string. This routine is used internally for automatically generated session ids.

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# File lib/cgi/session.rb, line 176
    def create_new_id
      require 'digest/md5'
      md5 = Digest::MD5::new
      now = Time::now
      md5.update(now.to_s)
      md5.update(String(now.usec))
      md5.update(String(rand(0)))
      md5.update(String($$))
      md5.update('foobar')
      @new_session = true
      md5.hexdigest
    end

create_new_id

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