Ann,

A> Octets will allow 0x0 bytes, and that's what I would
A> use for encrypted data. The fact that zeros are the pad
A> character doesn't matter - most character sets use space
A> as a pad - that doesn't make space an illegal character.

correct. But it makes a significant 0 at the end of a string
impossible to store. I don't know if that's an issue in Ed's case. I
have seen he is using char(). Perhaps his encrypted strings are all of
the same length.

Ciao
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