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Signatures

External signatures File extension: jar
Internal signatures
Name JAR format
Description Local file header + manifest + end of central directory. Signature consists of two byte sequences, a BOF sequence and EOF sequence. BOF character sequence: PK..*META-INF/MANIFEST.MF, EOF character sequence: PK..
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 504B0304*4D4554412D494E462F4D414E49464553542E4D46
Position type Absolute from EOF
Offset 18
Maximum Offset 65531
Byte order  
Value 504B0506
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