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Compression Identifier tool (Zlib, Deflate, Gzip)

compression-identifier

Small tool that permits to detect compressed data into raw data (packet with binary data for example). It can also be used to compress data into a given format. Originally, it has been developped to deal with compressed data when performing network traffic analysis during security audits of thick clients.

Supported compression algorithms

  • Zlib: RFC 1950
  • Deflate: RFC 1951
  • Gzip: RFC 1952

help example_zlib example_deflate