This project spans 12 weeks and focuses on creating crawlers to collect commercial firmware images for the purpose of building a comprehensive firmware catalogue.
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Research and Planning
- Study the landscape of commercial firmware and identify target sources.
- Define criteria for selecting firmware images to include in the catalogue.
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Crawler Development
- Design and develop web crawlers or scraping tools to gather firmware images.
- Ensure compliance with legal and ethical guidelines while collecting data.
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Data Collection and Storage
- Implement mechanisms to store collected firmware images securely.
- Organize data according to metadata (e.g., version, manufacturer, release date).
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Quality Assurance
- Implement checks to ensure collected firmware images are complete and unaltered.
- Develop validation processes to verify the integrity of the collected data.
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Catalogue Interface
- Create an interface or database structure for easy access and searchability of firmware images.
- Implement functionalities for filtering and categorizing firmware based on different parameters.
- Weeks 1-2: Research and Planning
- Weeks 3-4: Crawler Development
- Weeks 5-6: Data Collection and Storage Implementation
- Weeks 7-8: Quality Assurance Setup
- Weeks 9-10: Catalogue Interface Development
- Weeks 11-12: Testing, Optimization, and Finalization
- Functional crawlers capable of collecting commercial firmware images.
- A well-organized database or storage system for collected firmware data.
- User-friendly interface allowing easy access and search functionalities.
- Documentation outlining the processes, guidelines, and considerations for maintaining and updating the firmware catalogue.