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[BUG] Not all decoders who can fail, fail

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#159 opened on Dec 22, 2022

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Description

Some of our decoders (the one I know about being base64) can fail in other languages (python), but do not in Rust. It is essential we make them fail as it reduces the cardinality of our search algorithm, thus speeding the program up significantly.

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Find the base64 decoder implementation in Rust and ensure it returns an error for invalid input to reduce cardinality.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backendsecuritycryptography
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Bug
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3
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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GitRust
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75