Base64 1.9 Build 9396

Base64 is a simple way of encoding 8-bit characters using only ASCII printable characters similar to UUENCODE. UUENCODE embeds a filename where BASE64 does not. You will see BASE64 used in encoding digital certificates, in encoding user:password string in an Authorization: header for HTTP. The spec is described in RFC 2045.

Don't confuse Base64 with x-www-form-urlencoded which is handled by java.net.URLEncoder.encode/decode or Base64u. Base64 armouring uses only the characters A-Z a-z 0-9 +/=. This makes it suitable for encoding binary data as SQL strings, that will work no matter what the encoding. Unfortunately + / and = all have special meaning in URLs.

Base64u gets around this problem. It is a variant on Base64 that uses - _ and * in preference to + / and =, so that it can be used in URLEncoded contexts with or without URLEncoding. for Windows2K, XP, Vista

Requirements:	No special requirements
Release Date:	November 20, 2012
Platforms:	Windows2K, XP, Vista
Keyword:	Base64,  Decode Base64,  Decoder,  Encode Base64,  Encode Base64u,  Encoder
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