title: Does mysqldump handle binary data reliably?
body: <p>I have some tables in MySQL 5.6 that contain large binary data in some fields. I want to know if I can trust dumps created by <code>mysqldump</code> and be sure that those binary fields will not be corrupted easily when transferring the dump files trough systems like FTP, SCP and such. Also, should I force such systems to treat the dump files as binary transfers instead of ascii?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any comments!</p>