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RFC 4648
The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings,October 2006
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 3548
- Author:
- S. Josefsson
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4648
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Abstract
This document describes the commonly used base 64, base 32, and base16 encoding schemes. It also discusses the use of line-feeds inencoded data, use of padding in encoded data, use of non-alphabetcharacters in encoded data, use of different encoding alphabets, andcanonical encodings. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.