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Disk image object needs some file object fixity fields #36

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ajnelson-nist opened this issue Nov 1, 2019 · 3 comments
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Disk image object needs some file object fixity fields #36

ajnelson-nist opened this issue Nov 1, 2019 · 3 comments

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The diskimageobject would benefit from a few fileobject fields.

  • filesize - would help with reporting when a disk image is incomplete, when used in conjunction with byte_runs. (E.g. a discontinuous byte_run list could show some sectors weren't captured, like from intentionally partial disk imaging or from read errors.)
  • hashdigest - frequently reported for disk image provenance.
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A development branch of the DFXML code repository has implemented these features for testing:

https://github.com/ajnelson-nist/dfxml/tree/add_disk_image_object_fixity_fields

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A test implementation, using the DFXML development branch add_disk_image_object_fixity_fields, is available at gddrescue_mapfile_to_dfxml.

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Instead of using filesize, mediumsize may be better: A record of the size of the original storage medium.

There may be one more round of name-picking on this. I recall there was something in the Carrier File Systems Forensic Analysis book on some nuance in storage medium size interpretation.

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