Or, perhaps, more appropriately (and being a little more helpful), one would want to look for the Unix file utilities for an application that will parse the file in question, and compare it to the /etc/magic file. You can get the Win32 version here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/ --- Meritt James <meritt_jamesat_private> wrote: > And on Unix systems (as well as others) there very > well not BE a file > extension, let alone a "proper" one. > > Let's hear it for /etc/magic! ;-) > > Jim > > H C wrote: > > > > > If the files on the image are obvious (like .doc > and > > stuff) > > > > Remember, file extensions can be changed very > easily. > > Just b/c it says ".doc" and you see the Word icon > > doesn't mean 100% of the time that the file is, in > > fact, a Word document. > > > -- > James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA > Booz | Allen | Hamilton > phone: (410) 684-6566 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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