Comment on Is there a self-hosted project that does base64 url decoding in a privacy respecting fashion?
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
There is no such thing as a base64 encoded url. Part of an url might hold base64 encoded data, but never the url itself.
These online tools aren’t working because you’re using them wrong.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
percent@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Fun fact: Base64url is not quite the same as base64. Its alphabet is slightly different from base64 so its characters can be used in more places (URLs, filenames, etc.).
I suppose the tool’s name is more clear for those who are aware of those differences, but very unclear for others.
datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648#section-5
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
RAHHHHH this is embarrassing. You’re totally right. I’m wrong.