Is Base64 an encryption or encoding algorithm?
问题 I have to use an encryption algorithm using Base64 but when I researched online I find forums state it is an encoding algorithm. This has me confused. :( Is Base64 an encryption or encoding algorithm? How do we differentiate between the two except for the fact that one is publicly decipherable while the other needs a key for that? 回答1: It's an encoding algorithm (hence "Base64 encoding") to allow people to move data in an ASCII friendly environment (i.e. no control characters or anything non