topic Re: commented file type list available? in General Topics

commented file type list available?

mhuels — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:17:47 GMT

Where can i find a list of the (blockable) file types with an explanation, what kind of program it uses?

Re: commented file type list available?

gswcowboy — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:34:15 GMT

Hi,

Cross refer the list to either one of these repositories.

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1748

http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=^A

http://www.cryer.co.uk/file-types/

Re: commented file type list available?

mhuels — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:19:10 GMT

sorry, but

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1748

shows only an uncommented list, and

http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=^A

http://www.cryer.co.uk/file-types/

shows only an unspecific list of possible file endings.

Which kind of file knows PA with "PE" ?

PE	Microsoft Symbol and Type Information
PE	Portable Executable File
PE	PatentEase File

from http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=^P

Re: commented file type list available?

gswcowboy — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:01:08 GMT

Sorry but we don't have a 'commented' file list readily available.

Re: commented file type list available?

kbrazil — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:22:51 GMT

Hi there,

PE is a portable executable file.

Cheers,

Kelly

Re: commented file type list available?

dyang — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:46:10 GMT

There is some additional information available on page 149 (Table 71) of the PA-4.0 Administrator's Guide.

Re: commented file type list available?

mhuels — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:00:59 GMT

dyang schrieb:

There is some additional information available on page 149 (Table 71) of the PA-4.0 Administrator's Guide.

Thank you Dyang for the advice. Additionally, i got some hints from Christian Etzold (System Engineer for the german speaking region in Europe).

So till now i have the following list:

PAN 3.1	PAN 4
avi	avi	Video file based on Microsoft AVI (RIFF) file format
bat	bat	MS DOS Batch file
cab	cab	Microsoft Windows Cabinet archive file
cmd	cmd	Microsoft command file
dll	dll	Microsoft Windows Dynamic Link Library
doc	doc	Microsoft Office Document
docx	docx	Microsoft Office 2007 Document
dwg	--	Autocad Files
encrypted-doc	enc-doc	Encrypted Microsoft Office Document
encrypted-docx	enc-docx	Encrypted Microsoft Office 2007 Document
encrypted-office2007	enc-office2007	Encrypted Microsoft Office 2007 File
encrypted-ppt	enc-ppt	Encrypted Microsoft Office PowerPoint
encrypted-pptx	enc-pptx	Encrypted Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint
encrypted-rar	enc-rar	Encrypted rar file
encrypted-xls	enc-xls	Encrypted Microsoft Office Excel
encrypted-xlsx	enc-xlsx	Encrypted Microsoft Office 2007 Excel
encrypted-zip	enc-zip	Encrypted zip file
exe	exe	Microsoft Windows Executable
flv	flv	Adobe Flash Video file
gzip	gzip	Files compressed with gzip utility
hta	hta	HTML Application file
iso	iso	Disc Image file based on ISO-9660 standard
lnk	--	????????
lzh	lha	File compressed with lha utility/algorithm
mdb	mdb	Microsoft Access Database file
mdi	mdi	Microsoft Document Imaging file
mov	mov	Apple Quicktime Movie file
mpeg	mpeg	Movie file using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 compression
msi	msi	Microsoft Windows Installer package file
msoffice	msoffice	Microsoft Office File (doc, xls, ppt, pub, pst)
ocx	ocx	Microsoft ActiveX file
pdf	pdf	Adobe Portable Document file
PE	pe	Microsoft Windows Portable Executable (exe, dll, com, scr, ocx, cpl, sys, drv, tlb)
pgp	pgp	Security key or digital signature encrypted with PGP software
pif	pif	Windows Program Information File containing executable instructions
pl	pl	Perl Script file
ppt	ppt	Microsoft Office PowerPoint Presentation
pptx	pptx	Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation
psd	--	Photoshop Files
rar	rar	Compressed file created with winrar
reg	reg	Windows Registry file
rm	--	Real Media Files
rtf	rtf	Windows Rich Text Format document file
sh	sh	Unix Shell Script file
tar	tar	Unix tar archive file
tif	tif	Windows Tagged Image file
torrent	--	????????
wmf	wmf	Windows Metafile to store vector images
wmv	wmv	Windows Media Video file
wri	wri	Windows Write document file
wsf	wsf	Windows Script file
xls	xls	Microsoft Office Excel
xlsx	xlsx	Microsoft Office 2007 Excel
zcompressed	Zcompressed	Compressed Z file in Unix, decompressed with uncompress
zip	zip	Winzip/pkzip file

Does anybody knows the meaning of "torrent" and "lnk" ?

Re: commented file type list available?

reaper — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:18:01 GMT

a .torrent file is a link file to a set of "trackers" and information about a specific torrent like file name, file size, pieces it was broken up in, ...

this file can then be loaded into a torrent client that uses this file to connect to the trackers and request information on that specific file (like which peers are "seeding" the file to the p2p network for download)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file

"A torrent file stores metadata used for BitTorrent. It is defined in the BitTorrent specification"

a .lnk file is a shorcut file as used on microsoft desktops to provide an iconised link to a URL or location/file on your harddrive or network