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Base16, Base32 and Base64 (RFC 4648)

Official docs outline

6 sections
  1. Base 64 encoding

    The standard alphabet, padding and 24-bit groups.

  2. Base 64 URL and filename safe alphabet

    Using - and _ instead of + and /.

  3. Base 32 encoding

    Standard Base32 alphabet.

  4. Base 16 encoding

    Hexadecimal encoding.

  5. Implementation discrepancies

    Line breaks, padding, and non-alphabet characters.

  6. Security considerations

    Encoding is not encryption; canonical encodings.

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