Massimo Sala added the comment:
I choosed to use the internal variable *concat* because
- if I recollect correctly, it is calculated before successive routines;
- I didn't see your solution (!), there is a very nice computed variable in
front of my eyes.
Mmh
1) Reliability
Cannot be sure
Massimo Sala added the comment:
Sorry I forgot to mention one specific case.
We have valid archives with a starting "blob": digitally signed zip files,
their filename extension is ".zip.p7m".
I agree your tip can be useful to other readers.
Best regards, Sala
On Sat,
Massimo Sala added the comment:
Hi Daniel
Could you please elaborate the advantages of your loop versus my two lines
of code?
I don't grasp...
Thanks, Massimo
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 03:26, Daniel Hillier wrote:
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> Daniel Hillier added the comment:
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> Could something si
Massimo Sala added the comment:
Hi Serhiy
Thanks for the suggestion but I don't need to analyse different
self-extraction payloads (and I think it is always unreliable, there are
too many self-extractors in the wild).
I spend two words about my work.
I analyze ZIP archives because the
Massimo Sala added the comment:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 04:37, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
If we made an exception for you, then people using Python 2.7 still
couldn't use this feature:
`myzipfile.offset` would fail on code using Python 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.7.2,
2.7.3, ... 2.7.17 and
Massimo Sala added the comment:
Hi Steven
Every software "ecosystem" has its guidelines and I am a newbie about
python development.
Mmh I see your concerns. I agree about your deletions of all py 3 versions
before the latest 3.9.
About Py 2, I remark these facts:
- there ar
Massimo Sala added the comment:
Gavin, zipfile works on all the operating systems where python runs.
Your request is OS dependent... BSD? linux?
The tilde isn't into the ZIP file specifications.
I have to agree with Serhiy: the correct solution is
os.path.expanduser(&qu
Change by Massimo Sala :
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title: zipfile module: new feature (two lines of code) -> zipfile module: new
feature (two lines of code), useful for test, security and forensics
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New submission from Massimo Sala :
module zipfile
Tag "Components": I am not sure "Library (Lib)" is the correct one. If it
isn't, please fix.
I use python to check zip files against malware.
In these files the are binary blobs outside the ZIP archive.
The malware
