I'll second FTK Imager Lite as a free, portable tool, that can do drive 
imaging, deleted files analysis and extraction, file hashing and the latest 
version also does memory acquisition.  I keep it on a USB key and use it pretty 
frequently.

 

Does anyone know something similiar (portable, gui-fied) that runs on Linux?

 

PJ
 
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:14:50 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Digital Forensic Software
> 
> All great advice. I just did some demos for the sysadmins at work on
> several Forensic Image packages available. Here's some notes that
> might help and save you some time.
> 
> Helix Pro 3 - must purchase
> 
> Easy to use
> Can be used as a Live or Bootable CD
> Includes hashing capabilities.
> Includes a “Receiver” server for receiving multiple images on a network.
> Supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux
> Support via Forums and Email
> Includes auto generated Chain of Custody Forms
> 
> Bootable CD - Marks all mounted drives as read only by default
> Live CD - Run from within OS, touchess OS but they have this well documented
> 
> Some notes on using Bootable Option (if you have issues)
> 
> Enable Safe Mode Video (F4) and acpi=off “advanced Configuration and
> Power Interface” (F6) on the boot menu.
> Note: You Must manually mount destination disk as read/write via interface
> 
> Raptor - free at http://www.raptorforensics.com
> 
> Bootable CD raw image utility based on Ubuntu, interface a bit more
> clumsy compared to Helix but it works and it is free
> 
> Dcfldd - free at http://dcfldd.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Live CD raw image utility - windows or linux -cmd line only
> 
> 
> Live View 0.7b - free (can convert Image files into a VM) at
> http://liveview.sourceforge.net/
> 
> provides an easy to use interface that can create read only .vmdk from
> a raw image or physical disk.
> Will disable networking within VMWare auto
> Can run a cryptographic checksum on the image before and after booting
> to verify the integrity of the evidence
> Support for all versions of Windows and some Linux
> Supports VMWare Workstation 5.5+ or Server 1.X (does not support Server 2.X 
> yet)
> Can be used with a single image file or split images
> 
> 
> Also FTK rocks for mounting read only and carving out what you want.
> It also has a "lite" version that will run off a USB device
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Tim
                                          
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