MacBinary and Binhex 4.0 considered harmful
draft-newman-macbin-binhex-harmful-00
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Author | Chris Newman | ||
Last updated | 1996-07-15 | ||
RFC stream | (None) | ||
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Stream | Stream state | (No stream defined) | |
Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
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Abstract
The two most popular formats for encoding Macintosh files are MacBinary and Macintosh Binhex 4.0 [RFC1741]. Both of these formats have serious flaws which hinder interoperability of email and file exchange over the Internet. This document recommends the use of AppleSingle or AppleDouble, encoded via MIME if necessary [RFC1740, APPL90].
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