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Signatures

External signatures File extension: warc
Internal signatures
Name WARC
Description Matching WARC header. Header: 'WARC/'. Then either 'WARC-Record-ID', 'Content-Length', 'WARC-Type', 'WARC-Date' all madatory fields that can appear in any order.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 4096
Byte order  
Value 574152432F{0-517}(574152432D5265636F72642D4944|436F6E74656E742D4C656E677468|574152432D54797065|574152432D44617465)
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