Need Help with base64

[pycraze]

Hi ,

I am currently trying to implement base64 encoding and decoding
scheme in C . Python has a module , base64 , that will do the
encoding and decoding with ease . I am aware of OpenSSL having support
for base64 encoding and decoding , but i will have to now implement
both in C without using the openssl libraries .

I was able to download a code w.r.t. base 64 encoding and
decoding . I am attaching the code below .

void encodeblock( unsigned char cin[3], unsigned char cout[4], int
nlen )
{

cout[0] = cb64[ cin[0] >2 ];
cout[1] = cb64[ ((cin[0] & 0x03) << 4) | ((cin[1] & 0xf0) >4) ];
cout[2] = (unsigned char) (nlen 1 ? cb64[ ((cin[1] & 0x0f) << 2)
| ((cin[2] & 0xc0) >6) ] : '=');
cout[3] = (unsigned char) (nlen 2 ? cb64[ cin[2] & 0x3f ] :
'=');

}

void decodeblock( unsigned char cin[4], unsigned char cout[3] )
{
cout[ 0 ] = (unsigned char ) (cin[0] << 2 | cin[1] >4);
cout[ 1 ] = (unsigned char ) (cin[1] << 4 | cin[2] >2);
cout[ 2 ] = (unsigned char ) (((cin[2] << 6) & 0xc0) | cin[3]);

}

int base641_decodes tring(char* pcstr,int size,char** ppcdest)
{
unsigned char cin[4] = {""};
unsigned char cout[3] = {""};
unsigned char cv = 0;
int ni = 0;
int nlen = 0;
char* cptr = pcstr;
*ppcdest = malloc(sizeof(c har)*160);
if (!*ppcdest)
{
return 1;
}
memset(*ppcdest ,0,sizeof(char) *160);

char* pcstring = malloc( sizeof(char) * SIZE);
if (!pcstring)
{
aps_log("APS_lo g.txt","\nbae64 .c:base64encode :malloc failed
\n");
return 1;
}
memset(pcstring ,'\0',SIZE);

for( nlen = 0, ni = 0; ni < 4; ni++ )
{
cv = 0;
while( cv == 0 )
{
cv = (unsigned char) *cptr;
cv = (unsigned char) ((cv < 43 || cv 122) ? 0 :
cd64[ cv - 43 ]);
if( cv )
{
cv = (unsigned char) ((cv == '$') ? 0 : cv - 61);
}
}
if( cptr++ )
{
nlen++;
if( cv )
{
cin[ ni ] = (unsigned char) (cv - 1);
}
}
else
{
cin[ni] = 0;
}
}
if( nlen )
{
decodeblock( cin, cout );

}
memcpy(*ppcdest ,cout,160);
return 0;

}/*end of base64_decode */

char* base64_encode(c har* pcstr)
{
unsigned char cin[3] = {""};
unsigned char cout[4] = {""};
int ni = 0;
int nlen = 0;
int flag = 1;
char* cptr = pcstr;
char* pcstring = malloc( sizeof(char) * SIZE);
if (!pcstring)
{
aps_log("APS_lo g.txt","\nbae64 .c:base64encode :malloc failed
\n");
return (void*)0;
}
memset(pcstring ,'\0',SIZE);
while( flag )
{
for( ni = 0; ni < 3; ni++ )
{
cin[ni] = (unsigned char)*cptr;
if( *++cptr != '\0' )
nlen++;
else
{
cin[ni] = 0;
flag = 0;
break;
}
}
encodeblock(cin , cout,nlen);
strcat(pcstring ,cout);
}

return pcstring;

}/* end of base64_encode */

But this code gives different hex values as compared to the
python base64.encodest ring and base64.decodest ring respectively .

I need some help on this matter . I need some pointers on
where is the mistake for the above file .

[Keith Thompson]

rp*****@yahoo.c om (Roland Pibinger) writes:

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:58:46 +0100, Mark Bluemel wrote:

>>A little examination shows that 3548 and 1113 are very similar. See
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc<number>.htm l

So, assuming they are different, which is the right one? A format
primarily created for exchange of data can hardly be used in different
variants.

That's a good question (assuming that they really are significantly
different), but it's not a C question.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <* <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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