Rachel's blog posts are brilliant for preparing for stuff like this. She's highlighted some great clues to look out for in the past, like seeing the constant 0x48545450 where it shouldn't be[1].
Hm, in that post Rachel mentions that 1213486160 is going on her list of magic numbers... I wonder if this list has ever been made public anywhere? I'd very much like to see it...
1213486160 is just the decimal representation of 0x48545450.
Well, yes, that's explained in the post. I'm not asking where the number comes from, I'm asking if the longer list of "magic numbers" can be found anywhere.
this somewhat feeds my impostor syndrome. as a regular old software eng I never got into a position where I could be seeing things like this. am I not working on hard enough problems?? this eats at my soul.