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Revision as of 17:15, 15 November 2007
Open Source Tools
- file
- The file command determines the file type of a given file, depending on its contents and not on e.g. its extension or filename. In order to do that, it uses a magic configuration file that identifies filetypes.
- ldd
- ...
- ltrace
- ...
- strace
- ...
- strings
- Strings will print the strings of printable characters in files. It allows choosing different charactersets (ASCII, UNICODE). It is a quick way to browse through files/partitions/... in order to look for words, filenames, keywords etc.
- Galleta
- Parses cookie files. http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/galleta.htm
- Pasco
- Parses 'index.dat files. http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/pasco.htm
- Rifiuti
- Examines the INFO2 file in the Recycle Bin http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/rifiuti.htm
- yim2text
- Extracts the 'encrypted' info in yahoo instant messenger log files. http://www.1vs0.com/tools.html
- Hachoir
- determines the file type using file header/footer (hachoir-metadata --type), able to list strings in Unicode (hachoir-grep), etc. Support more than 60 file formats.
- Cygwin
- http://www.cygwin.com/
- Linux like environment for Windows
- UnxUtils
- http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
- Common unix utilities compiled for a Windows environment.
File Sharing Analysis Tools
- P2P Marshal
- Tools to discover and analyze peer-to-peer files for Windows.
