Comment Comment by dchest Base64 is commonly used in cryptography to exchange keys.Note that if you're encoding or decoding secret data, such as keys, you most likely want a constant-time encoder (example: https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/master/crypto...), not the fastest one. parent dchest 8 years ago
Note that if you're encoding or decoding secret data, such as keys, you most likely want a constant-time encoder (example: https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/master/crypto...), not the fastest one.