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Ruby Ruby Core and Standard Library Ruby Standard Library: Part 2 Base64

Posted by chenzi wang
chenzi wang
6,884 Points

encoding

why we need to use encoding like base64?

1 Answer

Garrett Carver
Garrett Carver
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Garrett Carver
Garrett Carver
14,681 Points

Hi Chenzi, It seems that you would use Base64 for transferring information over a network (like HTTP) so that it never gets corrupted. The server and client programs would be set up to send and receive the information in Base64. This would not be the same as encryption, since Base64 is not secure.

Hopefully that helps!