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Why does the RFC 7617 auth basic standard put pound before converting to base64?

Why does the RFC 7617 auth basic standard put pound after username:password before converting to base64. Is it reasonable to stick it?

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https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7617

Solution

  • It doesn't.

    You are looking at an example where the password is "123£".