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[ggm@connect.com.au: Re: Base-64 encoding proposal ]
In response to the good questions (copied below):
(1) In the context of the current SPKI/SDSI proposal, any character
can be quoted by giving it in "raw" binary form (prefixed by length).
Thus #1:{ represents a left brace, and #1:} represent a right brace.
(2) There is no "recursion"" possible; there is just mode switching. Left
brace switches you to 6-bit mode, right brace switches back to 8-bit.
Inside braces, a left-brace is ignored. Outside braces, a right
brace is ignored.
Good questions.
Ron Rivest
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To: rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ron Rivest)
Cc: spki@c2.net
Subject: Re: Base-64 encoding proposal
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Apr 1997 22:40:52 EDT."
<199704160240.AA02036@swan.lcs.mit.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:18:41 +1000
From: George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au>
You forgot to specify a quoting mechanism for {} in 8-bit without it being
used to cut to 6-bit, nor did you comment on recursion...
-George
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