Find out the real file type

Question

I am working on an ASP web page that handles file uploads. Only certain types of files are allowed to be uploaded, like .XLS, .XML, .CSV, .TXT, .PDF, .PPT, etc.

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Answer 1

One way would be to check for certain signatures or magic numbers in the files. This page has a handy list of known file signatures and seems quite up to date:

http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html