Re: [Libguestfs] Libguestfs as filesystem forensic tool
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:59:32PM +0200, noxdafox wrote:
One of the patches I'm talking about would add TSK (The Sleuth
Kit)
as a dependency within the appliance.
This would bring new APIs such as:
'fls' more powerful 'ls' command allowing to get list of deleted
files or timelines at a given path.
'icat' similar to ntfscat-i but it supports multiple FS.
Yet I'm not sure whether it's desirable as it is for a narrow use
case and on my Debian box TSK is a 12Mb binary.
Yes that's a rather large dependency.
However it's possible to use optgroups ["optional" field in
generator/actions.ml] and subpackaging to mean that end users don't
need to install this dependency unless they want it.
Would need to see the patches before really deciding.
Rich.
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