Re: Fw: [saml-dev] Question about the base64 encoding in Browser/POST profile

[David Walker <davidrwalker@earthlink.net>]

How would you specify the encoding of the decoded B64?  When you unpack the B64 it could be anything from UTF8 to binary, couldn't it? or is this even necessary?

-d
-------Original Message-------
From: Abe Kang <abrahamkang@earthlink.net>
Sent: 03/19/03 12:12 AM
To: saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Fw: [saml-dev] Question about the base64 encoding in Browser/POST profile

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 Hi Scott,

    If you look at the output of BASE64 encoding, the only characters
present
 are ASCII characters so the encoding doesn't matter.  All of the major
 encoding standards (UTF8, ISO859-x, CP125x overlap in their mapping of
ASCII
 characters.

    The thing you have to be careful of is the different encoding of HTML
 that is used between asserting and relying parties.

--Abraham
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>
> To: "'Abe Kang'" <abrahamkang@earthlink.net>;
> <saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:49 AM
> Subject: RE: [saml-dev] Question about the base64 encoding in
Browser/POST
> profile
>
>
> > > The encoding of HTML pages between two parties needs to be
> > > specified before any data is transfered betwen them.  The
> > > encoding of HTML pages is determined at the server.
> >
> > That's the part I do understand. ;-)
> >
> > The questions I have are about base64 and whether any of that is
affected
> by character encoding. I believe that's the question that
> > was raised.
> >
> > -- Scott
> >
>

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