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Learning Python for Forensics

You're reading from   Learning Python for Forensics Leverage the power of Python in forensic investigations

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789341690
Length 476 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preston Miller Preston Miller
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Preface 1. Now for Something Completely Different FREE CHAPTER 2. Python Fundamentals 3. Parsing Text Files 4. Working with Serialized Data Structures 5. Databases in Python 6. Extracting Artifacts from Binary Files 7. Fuzzy Hashing 8. The Media Age 9. Uncovering Time 10. Rapidly Triaging Systems 11. Parsing Outlook PST Containers 12. Recovering Transient Database Records 13. Coming Full Circle 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

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There are a few directions in which we could take this script. As we've already mentioned, there's a great deal of potentially useful data that we aren't writing out to a file. It might be useful to store the entire dictionary structure in a JSON file so that others can easily import and manipulate the data. This would allow us to utilize the parsed structure in a separate program and create additional reports from it.

Another useful feature we could develop is a timeline report or graphic for the user. This report would list the current contents of each record and then show a progression from the current contents of the records to their older versions or even non-existing records. A tree-diagram or flowchart might be a good means of visualizing change for a particular database record.

Finally, add in a function that supports processing of varint that...

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