Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Sending/receiving binary messages

[Nelson, E. - 2 <eri...@ba...>]

From: Glyn Matthews [mailto:gly...@gm...] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:16 AM
 > You'd have to base 64 encode and decode any binary data in HTTP.
There's nothing in cpp-netlib which does this, but you can use:
 
Thanks for the response... I have the base64 functions, but was hoping
to avoid the overhead.  Are all binary transfers handled this way?  For
example, when I download a binary file from Sourceforge, is it base64
encoded on the wire?
 
Erik