I-D Action: draft-gaikwad-ba64-00.txt

Internet-Draft draft-gaikwad-ba64-00.txt is now available.

   Title:   ba64: A Binary-to-Text Encoding That Is Never Larger Than Base64
   Author:  Madhava Gaikwad
   Name:    draft-gaikwad-ba64-00.txt
   Pages:   12
   Dates:   2026-08-16

Abstract:

   ba64 is a text encoding for binary data that is never larger than
   standard base64.  An encoder races DEFLATE compression against plain
   base64 and emits whichever final text is shorter.  Compressed output
   is marked by a leading "=" character, which is inside the base64
   alphabet, so it survives every base64-safe channel, yet can never
   begin a valid base64 string, so the two forms are unambiguous.  A
   CRC-32 over the decoded bytes guarantees that a ba64 decoder never
   silently returns wrong data.  The plain form is byte-identical to
   base64, so ba64 decoders are a drop-in replacement wherever base64 is
   read today.  An optional padding method decouples the emitted length
   from the compressibility of the input.

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