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Bug#706078: ITP: base91 -- base91 encoder/decoder



Le 25/04/2013 23:42, Andreas Bombe a écrit :
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 03:40:57PM +0200, Franck wrote:
basE91 is an advanced method for encoding binary data as ASCII characters. It
is similar to UUencode or base64, but is more efficient. The overhead produced
by basE91 depends on the input data. It amounts at most to 23% (versus 33% for
base64) and can range down to 14%, which typically occurs on 0-byte blocks.
This makes basE91 very useful for transferring larger files over binary
insecure connections like e-mail or terminal lines.
That word should be safety, not security. Safety here means the message
does not get mangled, security on the other hand would mean things like
encryption.
HI,

this description is from the upstream readme. I have submited a bug report to ask for a correction.
Should I patch the readme inbetween ?

Franck

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Description: Signature cryptographique S/MIME


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