UUIDs (RFC 9562)
- Category
- Data and API specs
- Docs outline
- 7 sections
Official docs outline
rfc-editor.org- UUID format and layout
128-bit layout, versions and variants.
- UUID version 1
Gregorian time-based UUID with node ID.
- UUID version 4
Random UUIDs.
- UUID version 5
Name-based SHA-1 UUIDs.
- UUID version 7
Unix-time ordered UUIDs suited to database keys.
- Namespace IDs
Predefined namespaces for name-based UUIDs.
- Security considerations
Unguessability and information leaks.
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