Re: Handling, possibly, encrypted data

From: Meritt James (meritt_jamesat_private)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 14:19:22 PDT

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    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
    
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