[ale] Data encoding in a web page

[Christopher Fowler]

I'm trying to send data that looks like this

"dDwyMTQxMjc4NDIxO3Q8O2w8aTwxPjs%2BO2w8dDw7bDxpPDA%2BOz47bDx0PDtsPGk8MT47Pjts"

But when I sniff the connection it gets sent like this:
"dDwyMTQxMjc4NDIxO3Q8O2w8aTwxPjs%252BO2w8dDw7bDxpPDA%252BOz47bDx0PDtsPGk8MT47Pjts"


I'm doing this in Java so my HTTPClient is converting the data.  My main issue
is that the tag in the form looks like this:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="dDwyMTQxMjc4NDIxO3Q8O2w8aTwxPjs+O2w8dDw7bDxpPDA+Oz47bDx0PDtsPGk8MT47PjtsPHQ8O2w8aTwxPjs+O2w8dDw7bDxpPDE+Oz47bDx0PDtsPGk8Mj47aTwzPjtpPDk+O2k8MTI+Oz47bDx0PDtsPGk8MT47PjtsPHQ8O2w8aTwwPjs+O2w8dDx0PDs7bDxpPDA+Oz4+Ozs+Oz4+Oz4+O3Q8O2w8aTwxPjs+O2w8dDw7bDxpPDA+Oz47bDx0PHQ8OztsPGk8MD47Pj47Oz47Pj47Pj47dDw7bDxpPDE+Oz47bDx0PDtsPGk8MD47PjtsPHQ8dDw7O2w8aTwwPjs+Pjs7Pjs+Pjs+Pjt0PDtsPGk8MT47PjtsPHQ8O2w8aTwwPjs+O2w8dDx0PDs7bDxpPDA+Oz4+Ozs+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz4+Oz5ZeStnfajPMQ9tQDyvFfTUkgUDJg==" />


It is not very long.  But when I submit the web page using netscape the
data value sent in __VIEWSTATE is much bigger.  What is netscape doing
to that string?

The page I'm trying to automate in Java is at:
https://secure.sos.state.ga.us/myverification/

Thanks,
Chris Fowler