Talk:Universally unique identifier
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Other vairants of UUID
Reviewing logs in a web gateway, UUID Variant "e" was observed in the wild. This is not Random as fields 3 4 5 are the same between two seperate UUIDs
406bb3ab-a127-ec11-981f-c896653b5010 213d5787-2629-ec11-981f-c896653b5010
https://email.ngpvan.com/unsubscribeUnique/406bb3ab-a127-ec11-981f-c896653b5010/213d5787-2629-ec11-981f-c896653b5010?nvep=ewogICJUZW5hbnRVcmkiOiAibmdwdmFuOi8vdmFuL05HUC9OR1A0Mi8xLzg4NTAzIiwKICAiRGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uVW5pcXVlSWQiOiAiMjEzZDU3ODctMjYyOS1lYzExLTk4MWYtYzg5NjY1M2I5MjA4IiwKICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImxvbGVyY29hc3RlckBjaXNjby5jb20iCn0%3D &hmac=wVRUIC0pn7S85lof8rzhxr1gJh2MXaBVOMZRmH_96HI=&id=1326529531
- Log has been altered to remove PII while not changing data type/or meaning
173.38.117.90 (talk)DBNerd — Preceding undated comment added 13:13, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
New Versions
There is a draft RFC which introduces versions 6, 7 and 8, as well as a form called MAX UUID.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format#section-3
I don't know if this proposal merits inclusion, or if we should wait until it is finalized.
Bend1010 (talk) 20:31, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
ULID
Hi folks. As a heads-up, I created a page for universally unique lexicographically sortable identifier (ULID). – ClockworkSoul 17:35, 28 September 2022 (UTC)