Transferring data from client to web server

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I use compress byte arrays for sending data from my client applications to my
web service. It has always confused me when folks talk about converting byte
arrays to base 64 since I have never found this necessary. Can someone
please explain to me the difference between sending a regular byte array and
one converted to base 64.

Thanks,
Fred Herring
 
The following come from a request for comment on the net. This subset refers
to the 65 characters used to represent the encoded characters. Base64 is
also used to transmit binary data.

NOTE: This subset has the important property that it is represented
identically in all versions of ISO 646, including US-ASCII, and all
characters in the subset are also represented identically in all
versions of EBCDIC. Other popular encodings, such as the encoding
used by the uuencode utility, Macintosh binhex 4.0 [RFC-1741], and
the base85 encoding specified as part of Level 2 PostScript, do not
share these properties, and thus do not fulfill the portability
requirements a binary transport encoding for mail must meet.
 
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