Hi Erik,
On 12 February 2010 22:36, Nelson, Erik - 2 <[email protected]
> wrote:
> *From:* Glyn Matthews [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:16 AM
> > You'd have to base 64 encode and decode any binary data in HTTP.
> There's nothing in cpp-netlib which does this, but you can use:
>
> Thanks for the response... I have the base64 functions, but was hoping to
> avoid the overhead. Are all binary transfers handled this way? For
> example, when I download a binary file from Sourceforge, is it base64
> encoded on the wire?
>
Yes, if you download it using HTTP all binary data needs to be MIME encoded.
G
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