Method MIME.decode_crypt64()

Method decode_crypt64

string(8bit) decode_crypt64(string(7bit) encoded_data)

Description

This function decodes data encoded using the crypt64 encoding.

This is an ad hoc encoding similar to base64 that several password hashing algorithms use for entries in the password database.

Note

This is NOT a MIME-compliant encoding, and MUST NOT be used as such.

See also

MIME.encode_crypt64()