@techreport{main-magic-00, number = {draft-main-magic-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-main-magic/00/}, author = {Andrew Main}, title = {{Care and Feeding of Magic Numbers }}, pagetotal = 13, year = 2001, month = oct, day = 24, abstract = {This memo describes techniques for the use of magic numbers in a multimedia context, for the in-band identification of digital file formats. Specific recommendations are made concerning the use of magic numbers in newly developed file formats.}, }