Make acquire compression configurable

acquire/acquire.py

@@ -1774,6 +1774,7 @@ def acquire_target(target: Target, args: argparse.Namespace, output_ts: Optional
     output = OUTPUTS[args.output_type](
         output_path,
         compress=args.compress,
+        compression_method=args.compress_method,
         encrypt=args.encrypt,
         public_key=args.public_key,
     )

acquire/outputs/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from acquire.outputs.dir import DirectoryOutput
-from acquire.outputs.tar import TarOutput
-from acquire.outputs.zip import ZipOutput
+from acquire.outputs.tar import TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS, TarOutput
+from acquire.outputs.zip import ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS, ZipOutput
 
 __all__ = ["DirectoryOutput", "TarOutput", "ZipOutput"]
 
 OUTPUTS = {"tar": TarOutput, "dir": DirectoryOutput, "zip": ZipOutput}
+
+COMPRESSION_METHODS = {*TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS, *ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS}

acquire/outputs/tar.py

@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
 from acquire.crypt import EncryptedStream
 from acquire.outputs.base import Output
 
+TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS = {"gzip": "gz", "bzip2": "bz2", "xz": "xz"}
+
 
 class TarOutput(Output):
     """Tar archive acquire output format. Output can be compressed and/or encrypted.
 
     Args:
         path: The path to write the tar archive to.
         compress: Whether to compress the tar archive.
+        compression_method: Compression method to use (Default: gzip). Supports "gzip", "bzip2", "xz".
         encrypt: Whether to encrypt the tar archive.
         public_key: The RSA public key to encrypt the header with.
     """
@@ -23,15 +26,19 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         path: Path,
         compress: bool = False,
+        compression_method: str = "gzip",
         encrypt: bool = False,
         public_key: Optional[bytes] = None,
     ) -> None:
+        self.compression = None
         ext = ".tar" if ".tar" not in path.suffixes else ""
         mode = "w|" if encrypt else "w:"
 
         if compress:
-            ext += ".gz" if ".gz" not in path.suffixes else ""
-            mode += "gz"
+            self.compression = TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS.get(compression_method, "gz")
+
+            ext += f".{self.compression}" if f".{self.compression}" not in path.suffixes else ""
+            mode += self.compression
 
         if encrypt:
             ext += ".enc"

acquire/outputs/zip.py

@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 from acquire.crypt import EncryptedStream
 from acquire.outputs.base import Output
 
+ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS = {"deflate": zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, "bzip2": zipfile.ZIP_BZIP2, "lzma": zipfile.ZIP_LZMA}
+
 
 class ZipOutput(Output):
     """Zip archive acquire output format. Output can be compressed and/or encrypted.
 
     Args:
         path: The path to write the zip archive to.
         compress: Whether to compress the zip archive.
+        compression_method: Compression method to use (Default: Deflate). Supports "deflate", "bzip2", "lzma".
         encrypt: Whether to encrypt the zip archive.
         public_key: The RSA public key to encrypt the header with.
     """
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         path: Path,
         compress: bool = False,
+        compression_method: str = "deflate",
         encrypt: bool = False,
         public_key: Optional[bytes] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.path = path.with_suffix(path.suffix + ext)
 
         if compress:
-            self.compression = zipfile.ZIP_LZMA
+            self.compression = ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS.get(compression_method, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
         else:
             self.compression = zipfile.ZIP_STORED
 
@@ -77,32 +81,19 @@ def write(
         info.file_size = size or 0
 
         if entry:
+            info.external_attr = self._get_external_attr(entry)
+
             if entry.is_symlink():
                 # System which created ZIP archive, 3 = Unix; 0 = Windows
                 # Windows does not have symlinks, so this must be a unixoid system
                 info.create_system = 3
 
-                # The Python zipfile module accepts the 16-bit "Mode" field (that stores st_mode field from
-                # struct stat, containing user/group/other permissions, setuid/setgid and symlink info, etc) of the
-                # ASi extra block for Unix as bits 16-31 of the external_attr
-                unix_st_mode = (
-                    stat.S_IFLNK
-                    | stat.S_IRUSR
-                    | stat.S_IWUSR
-                    | stat.S_IXUSR
-                    | stat.S_IRGRP
-                    | stat.S_IWGRP
-                    | stat.S_IXGRP
-                    | stat.S_IROTH
-                    | stat.S_IWOTH
-                    | stat.S_IXOTH
-                )
-                info.external_attr = unix_st_mode << 16
-
             lstat = entry.lstat()
             if lstat:
+                # Python zipfile module does not support timestamps before 1980
                 dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(lstat.st_mtime)
-                info.date_time = (dt.year, dt.month, dt.day, dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second)
+                year = max(dt.year, 1980)
+                info.date_time = (year, dt.month, dt.day, dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second)
 
         with self.archive.open(info, "w") as zfh:
             shutil.copyfileobj(fh, zfh)
@@ -112,3 +103,31 @@ def close(self) -> None:
         self.archive.close()
         if self._fh:
             self._fh.close()
+
+    def _get_external_attr(self, entry: FilesystemEntry) -> int:
+        """Return the appropriate external attributes of the entry."""
+
+        # The Python zipfile module accepts the 16-bit "Mode" field (that stores st_mode field from
+        # struct stat, containing user/group/other permissions, setuid/setgid and symlink info, etc) of the
+        # ASi extra block for Unix as bits 16-31 of the external_attr
+        unix_st_mode = stat.S_IFREG
+
+        if entry.is_symlink():
+            unix_st_mode = stat.S_IFLNK
+        elif entry.is_dir():
+            unix_st_mode = stat.S_IFDIR
+
+        unix_st_mode = (
+            unix_st_mode
+            | stat.S_IRUSR
+            | stat.S_IWUSR
+            | stat.S_IXUSR
+            | stat.S_IRGRP
+            | stat.S_IWGRP
+            | stat.S_IXGRP
+            | stat.S_IROTH
+            | stat.S_IWOTH
+            | stat.S_IXOTH
+        ) << 16
+
+        return unix_st_mode

acquire/utils.py

@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
 
 from dissect.target import Target
 
-from acquire.outputs import OUTPUTS
+from acquire.outputs import (
+    COMPRESSION_METHODS,
+    OUTPUTS,
+    TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS,
+    ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS,
+)
 from acquire.uploaders.plugin_registry import UploaderRegistry
 
 
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ def create_argument_parser(profiles: dict, volatile: dict, modules: dict) -> arg
     parser.add_argument(
         "-ot",
         "--output-type",
-        choices=OUTPUTS.keys(),
+        choices=OUTPUTS,
         default="tar",
         help="output type (default: tar)",
     )
@@ -84,6 +89,11 @@ def create_argument_parser(profiles: dict, volatile: dict, modules: dict) -> arg
         action="store_true",
         help="compress output (if supported by the output type)",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--compress-method",
+        choices=COMPRESSION_METHODS,
+        help="compression method (if supported by the output type)",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--encrypt",
         action="store_true",
@@ -318,6 +328,15 @@ def check_and_set_acquire_args(
     if not args.children and args.skip_parent:
         raise ValueError("--skip-parent can only be set with --children")
 
+    if args.output_type == "zip" and args.compress_method not in ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Invalid compression method for zip, allowed are: {', '.join(ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHODS.keys())}"
+        )
+    if args.output_type == "tar" and args.compress_method not in TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Invalid compression method for tar, allowed are: {', '.join(TAR_COMPRESSION_METHODS.keys())}"
+        )
+
 
 def get_user_name() -> str:
     try:

tests/test_outputs_tar.py

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 from acquire.outputs import TarOutput
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def tar_output(tmp_path: Path) -> TarOutput:
-    return TarOutput(tmp_path)
+@pytest.fixture(params=[(True, "gzip"), (True, "bzip2"), (True, "xz"), (False, None)])
+def tar_output(tmp_path: Path, request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> TarOutput:
+    compress, compression_method = request.param
+    return TarOutput(tmp_path, compress=compress, compression_method=compression_method)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def test_tar_output_write_entry(mock_fs: VirtualFilesystem, tar_output: TarOutpu
     tar_file = tarfile.open(tar_output.path)
     files = tar_file.getmembers()
 
+    assert tar_output.path.suffix == f".{tar_output.compression}" if tar_output.compression else ".tar"
     assert len(files) == 1
 
     file = files[0]

tests/test_outputs_zip.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import stat
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from dissect.target.filesystem import VirtualFilesystem
+
+from acquire.outputs import ZipOutput
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=[(True, "deflate"), (True, "bzip2"), (True, "lzma"), (False, None)])
+def zip_output(tmp_path: Path, request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> ZipOutput:
+    compress, compression_method = request.param
+    return ZipOutput(tmp_path, compress=compress, compression_method=compression_method)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "entry_name",
+    [
+        "/foo/bar/some-file",
+        "/foo/bar/some-symlink",
+        "/foo/bar/some-dir",
+    ],
+)
+def test_zip_output_write_entry(mock_fs: VirtualFilesystem, zip_output: ZipOutput, entry_name: str) -> None:
+    entry = mock_fs.get(entry_name)
+
+    assert zip_output.compression == zip_output.archive.compression
+    zip_output.write_entry(entry_name, entry)
+    zip_output.close()
+
+    zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_output.path, mode="r")
+    files = zip_file.filelist
+    assert len(files) == 1
+
+    file = files[0]
+    assert file.filename == entry_name
+
+    file_type = file.external_attr >> 16
+
+    # zipfile only supports is_dir(). we have all the information we need to determine the file type in 'external_attr'
+    if entry.is_dir():
+        assert stat.S_ISDIR(file_type)
+    elif entry.is_symlink():
+        assert stat.S_ISLNK(file_type)
+    elif entry.is_file():
+        assert stat.S_ISREG(file_type)

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -491,10 +491,11 @@ def test_utils_normalize_path(
     if os == "windows":
         case_sensitive = False
 
-    with patch.object(mock_target, "os", new=os), patch.object(
-        mock_target.fs, "_case_sensitive", new=case_sensitive
-    ), patch.object(mock_target.fs, "_alt_separator", new=("\\" if os == "windows" else "/")), patch.dict(
-        mock_target.props, {"sysvol_drive": sysvol}
+    with (
+        patch.object(mock_target, "os", new=os),
+        patch.object(mock_target.fs, "_case_sensitive", new=case_sensitive),
+        patch.object(mock_target.fs, "_alt_separator", new=("\\" if os == "windows" else "/")),
+        patch.dict(mock_target.props, {"sysvol_drive": sysvol}),
     ):
         if as_path:
             path = TargetPath(mock_target.fs, path)