When it was active, NewSID v4.10 was highly regarded for its ease of use compared to the native Microsoft solution (Sysprep).
Here are 10 unique news article URLs using a random UUID v4 as newsid: newsid v4 10 link
https://example.com/news?id=550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
https://example.com/news?id=f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b811-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b813-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b815-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b816-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
https://example.com/news?id=6ba7b817-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8
These can be used for:
A REST API could return a JSON with 10 resource URLs, each containing UUID v4 identifiers.
Example: When it was active, NewSID v4
"links": [
"rel": "item", "href": "/resource/f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479" ,
...
]
The phrase “10 link” could mean:
| Method | Pros | Cons | |--------|------|------| | Auto-increment integer | Simple, small | Predictable, not distributed | | UUID v1 (time-based) | Sortable, less fragmentation | Timestamp leakage | | NanoID | Smaller URL-safe | Not standard for DB foreign keys | | ULID | Sortable, 128-bit | Fewer DB native types | These can be used for:
| Feature | Benefit for 10 linked items | |---------|----------------------------| | Global uniqueness | No ID collision across distributed systems | | Non-sequential | Prevents link enumeration attacks | | Independent generation | No central coordinator needed for 10 nodes | | Stateless linking | Each link can be stored without renumbering entire chain |