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		Ask HN: Data assets – Automated filesystem exploration?
		1 point by leblancfg on Oct 19, 2018 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment
		Given the task to list and inventory a bunch of data assets on a large amount of drives, what would be your go-to tools? Is anyone aware of any software, scripts, etc. that might help in the task of finding "interesting" datasets on very large filesystems? Anything helps. Thanks.

savethefuture on Oct 19, 2018 [–]

What kind of "interesting" data are you looking for and in what environment. I'll assume you are doing some type of forensics. Maybe these tool can help you?

https://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/ https://www.volatilityfoundation.org/

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