[ietf-nntp] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-nntpext-authinfo-00.txt

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
>> Query: would "383 ====" be better, so that base64 parsers can always grab a
>> 4-character chunk? [Ditto elsewhere.]
> 
> Neither "=" nor "====" are valid base64, so the length doesn't matter. 
> The idea is that the protocol parser would trap this before blindly 
> passing it onto the base64 decoder.  Since "=" is documented as an empty 
> initial response in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP, I'd rather stick with it for NNTP.

Okay, you're the expert.

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