[rfc-dist] RFC 4648 on The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings

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        RFC 4648

        Title:      The Base16, Base32, and Base64 
                    Data Encodings 
        Author:     S. Josefsson
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       October 2006
        Mailbox:    simon at josefsson.org
        Pages:      18
        Characters: 35491
        Obsoletes:  RFC3548
        See-Also:   

        I-D Tag:    draft-josefsson-rfc3548bis-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4648.txt

This document describes the commonly used base 64, base 32, and base
16 encoding schemes.  It also discusses the use of line-feeds in
encoded data, use of padding in encoded data, use of non-alphabet
characters in encoded data, use of different encoding alphabets, and
canonical encodings.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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