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Re: dpkg-sig support wanted?



On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 14:14:38 +0100, Henning Makholm
<henning@makholm.net> wrote:
>Scripsit Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
>> I wouldn't use real base64, though, because it would mean that you can
>> use its hashed output as a file name.
>
>Good point. One might replace "/" with "_" and omit the final "=".
>Having a "+" in the hash should be safe in most contexts.

Isn't base62, which for example exim uses to create its message-ids, a
standard? I have never seen it outside exim.

Greetins
Marc

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