#Base64 encoding impact on ascii how to#
#Base64 encoding impact on ascii update#

The bad news is that we cannot change this 'legacy' encoding anymore because it's widely used by so many tools. The only excuse we have is that it was a looong time ago and at that time the encoding used was not supposed to ever become public.

#Base64 encoding impact on ascii how to#

When everything up to the '.' is decoded, it comes out gibberish, so I'd like to know if you know or can surmise how to use the 'tail' code to accomplish a proper decode.Well you are 100% right, it was definitely a bad decision. My program decodes base64 strings with no problem, but recently came across a string with an extra 'tail' on it. The string is: 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

#Base64 encoding impact on ascii update#

Hey, we got an update in form of a weird base64 string! As a hint, I think, there was a picture of scissors and a 10 - i tried decoding the base64, but I just can't manage to get to anything that makes sense, would anybody have a clue what would be to be done? The past riddle was to format hex to binary, and then to text, but this one is impossible, I think. ABCDEF is encoded to QUJDREVG and there is no need to add a padding character because Base64 string is 8 characters long (that is, it's divisible by 4). ABCDE is encoded to QUJDREU= and there is appended only one padding character because QUJDREU= (7 chars) is not divisible by 4. ABCD is encoded to QUJDRA= and there are appended two padding characters because QUJDRA (6 chars) nor QUJDRA= (7 chars) is divisible by 4. ABC is encoded to QUJD and there is no need to add a padding character because Base64 string is 4 characters long (that is, it's divisible by 4). AB is encoded to QUI= and there is appended only one padding character because QUI (3 chars) is not divisible by 4. Some examples: - A is encoded to QQ= and there are appended two padding characters because neither QQ (2 chars) nor QQ= (3 chars) is divisible by 4. So, if the output string is too small, it appends a padding character until the length is divisible by 4. Hi! By and large, the padding character ensures that the length of the Base64 string is a multiple of four. Given all of the above, a Base64 value can be defined using the following regular expression: ^+=$

All indices are listed in the Base64 table above. Only indices determine which characters will be used to encode the data, and only thanks to them you can “recover” the original data. Nevertheless, the heart of the algorithm contains only 64 characters, and for each of them there is a unique index. By and large, the padding character ensures that the length of Base64 value is a multiple of 4 bytes and it is always appended at the end of the output. That is, the equal sign does not own an index and is not involved in the encoding of data. In addition to these characters, the equal sign ( =) is used for padding. Guru A virtual teacher who reveals to you the great secrets of Base64