In our application we try to send an image over socket connection in binary form

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Question: In our application we try to send an image over socket connection in binary format. It works with some systems and does not with others... In some pairs like Linux based Client-Server we get images. When Server and Client reside on different system we often getting strange "digital garbage" after transmission...

Answer: Actually it is known problem and best solution is to use Base64 format.
It will slightly increase the amount of traffic (~30%). An image will be sent as a String...

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