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UUIDs are a valid security tool

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1 points by stevecalifornia 2 years ago · 2 comments

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fargle 2 years ago

what?!?!

why would you use a UUID for this? A version 4 UUID does have about 122 random bits, so it could work OK for this use case. But firstly, it's unnecessarily short. And secondly, why? FFS, WHY?

Why not just use a random number with the length of your choosing, encoded in hex, base-64, or whatever floats your boat?

  • mooktakim 2 years ago

    UUID does a lot of that for you already and you know its URL friendly. Its good enough for hiding things behind a URL and being unguessable. Good enough.

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