In essence, Base64 encoding.. Turning binary data into graphic ASCII. For some reason, in PGP circles particularly, they call it 'ASCII-Armored'.
Brian -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: 25 February 2009 17:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: File Transfer Issue Matt Dazzo wrote: > I am transferring a certificate that is in ascii armored format ... [snip] Maybe I'm the only one who doesn't know, but I'd still like to find out: what the heck is "ascii armored format"? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
