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Re: Forensics CD (was: Re: Strange Folder


From: robjeh () wanadoo nl
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:06:38 +0200

Its allso handy to have a Bootable Dos CD with NTFS for dos for 
editing/repairing files in dos, if you need the free version with w2k support 
just mail me and i'll upload my rescue disk with other utils included ( 14 MB ).


"Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com> wrote in response to me:

[ ... Kit of tools on a CD-ROM ... ]

REAL good suggestion!  Any specific recommendations as to what should be
on the CD?

Thanks!  I think I picked up the idea from someone on this list, as a
matter of fact.  I wish I could remember who.

Here's what I have on mine at the moment:

bintext.exe   (http://www.foundstone.com)  Reads ASCII, unicode, and
              resource strings in a binary.  The equivalent of 'strings'
              in unix.
              
fport.exe     (http://www.foundstone.com)  Reports open ports, PID of
              the process listening on them, and the path to the 
              program.
              
handle.exe    (http://www.sysinternals.com)  Reports what files are open
              by what processes.
              
listdlls.exe  (http://www.sysinternals.com)  List the DLLs that are open,
              the path to the DLL, and the version number.
              
netstat.exe   A copy of netstat from the W2K operating system.

netstat95.exe Another copy of netstat from the W95 operating system.

patchit.exe   (http://www.foundstone.com)  Binary file byte-patching
              program.
              
procexp.exe   (http://www.sysinternals.com)  Shows what files, registry
              keys, and other objects processes have open, along with
              process ownership.

regmon.exe    (http://www.sysinternals.com)  Monitors registry activity
              in real time.

showin.exe    (http://www.foundstone.com)  Shows information about hidden
              or disabled windows that exist on the desktop.  ( I had
              no idea .... )
              
tcpview.exe   (http://www.sysinternals.com)  Shows all TCP and UDP end-
              points.  On WinNT and above it shows what process owns the
              endpoint.

I've borrowed much of the wording in these descriptions from the respective
websites, but I don't think they'll mind since I'm bragging about their
stuff.  It's all free, by the way, and I'm just a satisfied user.  ;-)

There's a lot more than this available, but some of it is OS-specific and
may not be useful to you.  Personally, I'd put just about anything on my
forensics CD that I thought might ever be useful to me.  One word of
advice,
though:  Most of us probably don't do forensics as our day job, and some
time may pass between making the disk and using it.  I therefore set up
a convenient 'bin' directory with all the executables on mine, and put all
the raw stuff, readmes, etc., in separate directories named for each
utility.
That way remembering what each one is good for and where I got it isn't so
difficult.

Best regards,

Neil Dickey, Ph.D.
Research Associate/Sysop
Geology Department
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois
60115

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