Re: [xml-dev] Seek your help in compiling a list of "facts about base64-

Re: [xml-dev] Seek your help in compiling a list of "facts about base64-encoded data"

On 14 Sep 2017, at 14:09, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
Hi Folks,
Is base64 encoded data good? Bad? 

I would suggest that the goodness or badness of a piece of data is completely independent of its encoding.

The choice of encoding might affect its usefulness, but not signficantly, since the encoding is easily changed.

Michael Kay

Saxonica

References:
- Seek your help in compiling a list of "facts about base64-encodeddata"
  - From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>