diff --git a/fst/id.go b/fst/id.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8363c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fst/id.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package fst
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type ID [16]byte
+
+var (
+	ErrInvalidLength = errors.New("string representation must have a length of 32")
+)
+
+func (a *ID) String() string {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(a[:])
+}
+
+func NewAppID(id *ID) error {
+	_, err := rand.Read(id[:])
+	return err
+}
+
+func ParseAppID(id *ID, s string) error {
+	if len(s) != 32 {
+		return ErrInvalidLength
+	}
+
+	for i, b := range s {
+		if b < '0' || b > 'f' {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid char %q at byte %d", b, i)
+		}
+
+		v := uint8(b)
+		if v > '9' {
+			v = 10 + v - 'a'
+		} else {
+			v -= '0'
+		}
+		if i%2 == 0 {
+			v <<= 4
+		}
+		id[i/2] += v
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/fst/id_test.go b/fst/id_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba9af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fst/id_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package fst_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.ophivana.moe/security/fortify/fst"
+)
+
+func TestParseAppID(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("bad length", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if err := fst.ParseAppID(new(fst.ID), "meow"); !errors.Is(err, fst.ErrInvalidLength) {
+			t.Errorf("ParseAppID: error = %v, wantErr =  %v", err, fst.ErrInvalidLength)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bad byte", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantErr := "invalid char '\\n' at byte 15"
+		if err := fst.ParseAppID(new(fst.ID), "02bc7f8936b2af6\n\ne2535cd71ef0bb7"); err == nil || err.Error() != wantErr {
+			t.Errorf("ParseAppID: error = %v, wantErr =  %v", err, wantErr)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fuzz 16 iterations", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
+			testParseAppIDWithRandom(t)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func FuzzParseAppID(f *testing.F) {
+	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
+		id := new(fst.ID)
+		if err := fst.NewAppID(id); err != nil {
+			panic(err.Error())
+		}
+		f.Add(id[0], id[1], id[2], id[3], id[4], id[5], id[6], id[7], id[8], id[9], id[10], id[11], id[12], id[13], id[14], id[15])
+	}
+
+	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8, b9, b10, b11, b12, b13, b14, b15 byte) {
+		testParseAppID(t, &fst.ID{b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8, b9, b10, b11, b12, b13, b14, b15})
+	})
+}
+
+func testParseAppIDWithRandom(t *testing.T) {
+	id := new(fst.ID)
+	if err := fst.NewAppID(id); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot generate app ID: %v", err)
+	}
+	testParseAppID(t, id)
+}
+
+func testParseAppID(t *testing.T, id *fst.ID) {
+	s := id.String()
+	got := new(fst.ID)
+	if err := fst.ParseAppID(got, s); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot parse app ID: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if *got != *id {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseAppID(%#v) = \n%#v, want \n%#v", s, got, id)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fst/shared.go b/fst/shared.go
index 3954486..ae59b23 100644
--- a/fst/shared.go
+++ b/fst/shared.go
@@ -1,18 +1,2 @@
 // Package fst exports shared fortify types.
 package fst
-
-import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/hex"
-)
-
-type ID [16]byte
-
-func (a *ID) String() string {
-	return hex.EncodeToString(a[:])
-}
-
-func NewAppID(id *ID) error {
-	_, err := rand.Read(id[:])
-	return err
-}