Compare the Base64 and DER encoding formats.

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Base64 is a data-encoding scheme that enables binary-encoded data to be converted to printable ASCII characters. It is defined in RFC 1521 as a MIME content transfer encoding for use mainly in Internet e-mail. The characters used are numerals (0-9), the uppercase and lowercase Roman alphabet characters (A-Z, a-z), and the "+" and "/" symbols, with the "=" symbol as a special suffix code. For example, base64-encoded data might look like "MIIECTCCA3KgAwIBAgIQazyF5daVNCGTfyrsn."

Distinguished encoding rules (DER) are an encoding method for a data object such as an X.509 certificate. The format is binary. Specifically, DER is a set of rules for encoding ASN.1 objects into a sequence of octets. ASN.1 is the short form of "Abstract syntax notation number one." ASN is a language for abstractly describing messages to be exchanged over a variety of networks.

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