binary transfer

Transmitting program files, images and other non-textual data. Contrast with ASCII transfer.

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This makes the binary transfer much more useful than faxes or plain text e-mail that must be reformatted.

Internet uses for tax practice

High number of false positive occurs also due to the fact that even clear-text protocols, such as HTTP, have support to binary transfers. When trying to detect valid assembly sequences, there is also a problem with some assembly instructions that have ASCII-valid opcodes.

Streamed analysis of network files to avoid false positives and to detect client-side attacks

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