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

[Glyn M. <gly...@gm...>]

Hi Erik,

On 12 February 2010 22:36, Nelson, Erik - 2 <eri...@ba...
> wrote:

>  *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?
>

Yes, if you download it using HTTP all binary data needs to be MIME encoded.
G