>One other reason: HTTP/1.1 includes the Content-MD5 header, which >specifies the use of base64. Content-MD5 is optional (and perhaps >not even particularly useful?), but its use of base64 is presumably >a settled decision. Yep, a MIME inheritance. It turns out that Content-MD5 is not useful at all for HTTP/1.1, since the combination of the error-free transport layer and length-delimited content is sufficient. ....RoyReceived on Monday, 5 January 1998 11:28:07 EST
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