Bionic Buffalo Tech Note #66: File Identification Headers
In diagrammatic form, the identification header layout is this:
The components are:
a magic number, the octet sequence (hexadecimal)
a4 bc dd a0 a5 e6 44 58
(this is a random number, with no special significance)
some fields defining the version and options of the identification header
the fixed parts of the identification information for the application, organization, and
owner
the text strings (including rights strings) from the identification information for the
application, organization, and owner
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magic number
identification header version and options
fixed information for application
fixed information for organization
fixed information for owner
application text string
organization text string
owner text string
unstructured organization data
unstructured owner data
unstructured application data
0 (offset)
8
32
96
160
224
var
var
var
var
var
var
application rights string
var
organization rights string
var
owner rights string
var