inal, plain-text string (depending on the cipher).</p>
<p>This is influenced by the cipher algorithm itself, the IV prepended to the
cipher-text and the HMAC authentication message that is also prepended.
Furthermore, the encrypted message is also Base64-encoded so that it is safe
for storage and transmission, regardless of a possible character set in use.</p>
<p>Keep this information in mind when selecting your data storage mechanism.
Cookies, for example, can only hold 4K of information.</p>
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