Many filetypes have a header (the first few bytes of the file) with some fixed information by which a file can be identified as a gz, png, pdf, etc. So every base64 encoded gz file would also start with a certain sequence of base64 characters, by which it can be recognized. A gzip-file always starts … Read more
I had a need for a base32 encoder/decoder, so I spent a couple hours this afternoon throwing this together. I believe it conforms to the standards listed here: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4648#section-6. public class Base32Encoding { public static byte[] ToBytes(string input) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input)) { throw new ArgumentNullException(“input”); } input = input.TrimEnd(‘=’); //remove padding characters int byteCount = … Read more