Difference between revisions of "Base64"
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Encode binary information 8 bits into ASCII. | Encode binary information 8 bits into ASCII. | ||
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3 x 8 bits binary are concatenated to form a 24bits word that is split in 4 x 6bits each being translating into an ascii value using a character ordered in following list : | 3 x 8 bits binary are concatenated to form a 24bits word that is split in 4 x 6bits each being translating into an ascii value using a character ordered in following list : | ||
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Base64 itself does not impose a line split, but openssl uses it in PEM context hence enforce that base64 content is splitted by lines with a maximum of 80 characters. | Base64 itself does not impose a line split, but openssl uses it in PEM context hence enforce that base64 content is splitted by lines with a maximum of 80 characters. | ||
| − | + | == Openssl command == | |
base64 or -enc base64 can be used to decode lines see [[Command_Line_Utilities]] | base64 or -enc base64 can be used to decode lines see [[Command_Line_Utilities]] | ||
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| + | == EVP API == | ||
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| + | crypto/evp/encode.c | ||
| + | crypto/evp/bio_b64.C | ||
[[Category:Encoding]] | [[Category:Encoding]] | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 1 April 2013
Encode binary information 8 bits into ASCII.
Algorithm
3 x 8 bits binary are concatenated to form a 24bits word that is split in 4 x 6bits each being translating into an ascii value using a character ordered in following list :
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 0000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
[what makes 26 * 2 + 10 + 2 = 64 values]
Since it encodes by group of 3 bytes, when last group of 3 bytes miss one byte then = is used, when it miss 2 bytes then == is used for padding.
Base64 itself does not impose a line split, but openssl uses it in PEM context hence enforce that base64 content is splitted by lines with a maximum of 80 characters.
Openssl command
base64 or -enc base64 can be used to decode lines see Command_Line_Utilities
EVP API
crypto/evp/encode.c crypto/evp/bio_b64.C
