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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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Chapin Bryce Chapin Bryce
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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

Our first iteration – setupapi_parser_v1.py

The goal of our first iteration is to develop a functional prototype that we will improve upon in later iterations. We will continue to see the following code block in all our scripts, which provides basic documentation about the script and support for printing information (line 2) and opening files (line 3) in both version 2 and 3 of Python. The following is the licensing information and basic script descriptors that can be found in all of our scripts:

001 """First iteration of the setupapi.dev.log parser."""
002 from __future__ import print_function
003 from io import open
...
033 __authors__ = ["Chapin Bryce", "Preston Miller"]
034 __date__ = 20181027
035 __description__ = """This scripts reads a Windows 7 Setup API
036 log and prints USB Devices to the user&quot...
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