new: [tools] add a skip list for large taxonomies or specific topic

A new option has been added `--disable-skip-list` to disable it if
required

tools/machinetag.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Python script parsing the MISP taxonomies expressed in Machine Tags (Triple
 # Tags) to list all valid tags from a specific taxonomy.
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Alexandre Dulaunoy - a@foo.be
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Alexandre Dulaunoy - a@foo.be
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
 # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import json
 import os.path
 import argparse
 import os
+import sys
 
+skip_list = ['death-possibilities']
 taxonomies = []
 
 # Get our current directory from file location
@@ -47,8 +49,12 @@ argParser.add_argument('-e', action='store_true', help='Include expanded tags')
 argParser.add_argument('-a', action='store_true', help='Generate asciidoctor document from MISP taxonomies')
 argParser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Include descriptions')
 argParser.add_argument('-n', default=False, help='Show only the specified namespace')
+argParser.add_argument('--disable-skip-list', default=False, action='store_true', help='disable default skip list')
 args = argParser.parse_args()
 
+if args.disable_skip_list:
+    skip_list = ''
+
 doc = ''
 if args.a:
     dedication = "\n[dedication]\n== Funding and Support\nThe MISP project is financially and resource supported by https://www.circl.lu/[CIRCL Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg ].\n\nimage:{images-misp}logo.png[CIRCL logo]\n\nA CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) funding under CEF-TC-2016-3 - Cyber Security has been granted from 1st September 2017 until 31th August 2019 as ***Improving MISP as building blocks for next-generation information sharing***.\n\nimage:{images-misp}en_cef.png[CEF funding]\n\nIf you are interested to co-fund projects around MISP, feel free to get in touch with us.\n\n"
@@ -121,6 +127,9 @@ def machineTag(namespace=False, predicate=False, value=None):
 
 
 for taxonomy in taxonomies:
+    if taxonomy in skip_list:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"Skip {taxonomy}")
+        continue
     filename = os.path.join(thisDir, "../", taxonomy, "machinetag.json")
     with open(filename) as fp:
         t = json.load(fp)