On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 05:13:25AM -0400, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > Why did you decide to go with a base64 encoding for keys rather than > simple hex. I release that hex keys are 1.33 times bigger but they are > easier to type and are not case sensitive. Hex keys are also easier to > translate to the binary representation.
How often to you actually type a Freenet key? I don't think I have ever had to type one in my life. Also, encoding base64 is trivially easy in any language, you only have to write the encode/decode function once (or get it from somewhere else). Ian. -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc. http://www.uprizer.com/
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