The First Lesson In Cybersecurity … Binary, Hex and Base64

But what about the other bases?

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If you are into cybersecurity you should hopefully know all about hexademical and Base64 format. With hex, we have a character set of [0–9A-F]. But, we also have many other Base character sets, such as Base58 for Bitcoin, and Base45 for the EU Green Passport.

Base2

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.