During a Git repository penetration test, an assessor runs TruffleHog to uncover hard-coded secrets. To reveal credentials that were committed in earlier revisions but have since been deleted or overwritten in the latest branch, which scanning strategy should the assessor use?
Examining all archived snapshots for remnants that could persist in the older codebase
Applying a generic check focused on user input clipping
Collecting logs to see if malicious operations occurred on the servers
Manually reviewing the current codebase to identify unusual function references
By scanning the repository's entire commit history, TruffleHog inspects every archived state of each file and can flag secrets that were present in older commits even if they are absent from the current code. Generic runtime checks focus on user-supplied inputs, and log collection targets operational events, not buried secrets. Reviewing only the latest files ignores data that has been removed or altered.
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