Type Protocol Buffer
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| Defined Constant | Type_Protocol_Buffer
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| File Type Value | 1041 |
| Parent Type | None |
| Carve | No |
| Format Details | No |
| MIME Type | application/x-protobuf
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| Filename Extension | bin
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Google Protocol Buffer
Description
Yet another way to serialize data to a wire friendly format. Google looked around and thought data structure serialization was ridiculous and came up with a universal standard they call protobuf. These are described in an interface description language (IDL) and code to read and write them is generated by a developer tool.
Truxton Exploiters
This file type is handled by the following ETLs:
Items Produced
Truxton will extract the following from this file type:
- Type_Protocol_Buffer_XML
- Files - If the contents of an array field are identified as a file type, a child file will be created.
