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RE: tools used to examine a computer
From: H C <keydet89 () yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:14:38 -0800 (PST)
David, I did say "hashes the file (MD5 and/or SHA-1)"...so do it both before and after you copy it over the network. Just be sure to collect the MAC times *before* you hash it, as hashing causes the file to be accessed, and the last access time changes. --- "David J. Bianco" <bianco () jlab org> wrote:
On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 13:02, H C wrote:Also on the point of copying files over thenetworkfirst, correct me if I'm wrong but that damages the chain ofevidence.Now so? If one collects the necessary info (ie,MACtimes, NTFS ADSs, permissions, full path, etc),hashesthe file (MD5 and/or SHA-1), and then copies thefileover the network using something like 'dd' ortype,and netcat/cryptcat, how is the chain of evidence broken? Especially if it's documented?Although Trevor has since posted a clarification to the effect that was referring to file copying as opposed to creating a bit image with dd, I think it's worth noting that in order to guard against accidental or malicious network data tampering, you'd have to guarantee that the data traversed the network without being tampered with, probably by computing an md5 sum on the data at both ends of the transfer. Otherwise the chain of evidence would indeed be broken, since most networks are not guaranteed to be reliable or secure from tampering. David -- David J. Bianco <bianco () jlab org> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
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