Masterkey Linux - Revision history

Joachim Metz at 11:34, 28 July 2012

2012-07-28T11:34:43Z

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2012-07-28T11:34:02Z

‎External Links

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2012-07-28T11:33:39Z

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Joachim Metz at 11:32, 28 July 2012

2012-07-28T11:32:53Z

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‎Forensic Issues

.FUF at 12:43, 4 November 2009

2009-11-04T12:43:46Z

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{{Infobox_Software |
name = Masterkey Linux |
maintainer = Dr. Q. Zhou - Coventry University |
os = {{Linux}} |
genre = {{Live CD}} |
license = {{GPL}} |
website = [http://masterkeylinux.com http://masterkeylinux.com]
}}

'''Masterkey Linux''' (or simply Masterkey) is a [[Live CD]] built on top of [[Slackware]] developed by Dr. Qin Zhou of Coventry University. It focuses on [[Incident Response|incident response]] and [[computer forensics]].

Whilst designed for use by students entering the field of Computer Forensics, Masterkey contains a diverse range of free and open source tools that both students, computer forensics professionals and system administrators alike can use.

== Tools Included ==

In addition to standard unix/linux tools, a suite of editors, office applications and multimedia tools have been included, as well as the following specialised tools in the Masterkey Linux distribution:

* '''[[AIR]]''' 1.2.8

AIR is a GUI front-end to dd/dcfldd designed for easily creating forensic bit images.

* '''[[Autopsy]]''' 2.21

The Autopsy Forensic Browser is a graphical interface to the command line digital investigation tools in The Sleuth Kit.

* '''[[ClamAV]]''' for Unix 0.91.2

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX

* '''[[chkrootkit]]''' 0.47

chkrootkit is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit.

* '''[[chntpw]]''' 070923

chntpw is an Offline password and Registry Editor

* '''[[dcfldd]]''' 1.3.4-1

dcfldd is an enhanced version of GNU dd (also included in this distribution) with features useful for forensics and security

* '''[[dd_rescue]]''' 1.14

dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. It is intended for error recovery.

* '''[[GParted]]''' 0.3.3

GParted is the Gnome Partition Editor application

* '''[[Foremost]]''' 1.5

Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. It is a data carving tool.

* '''[[mac-robber]]''' 1.00

mac-robber is a digital investigation tool that collects data from allocated files in a mounted file system.

* '''[[md5deep]]''' 1.12

md5deep is a cross-platform set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files.

* '''[[memdump]]''' 1.01

memory dumper for UNIX-like systems

* '''[[Rootkit Hunter]]''' 1.3.0

Rootkit Hunter is a rootkit scanner.

* '''[[Scalpel]]''' 1.60

Scalpel is a fast file carver that reads a database of header and footer definitions and extracts matching files from a set of image files or raw device files.

* '''[[The Sleuth Kit]]''' 3.01

The Sleuth Kit (previously known as TASK) is a collection of UNIX-based command line file and volume system forensic analysis tools.

* '''[[Stegdetect]]''' 0.6-4

Stegdetect is an automated tool for detecting steganographic content in images.

* '''[[Wipe]]''' 2005-05-09

Wipe is a file and block device wiping utility.

* '''[[Wireshark]]''' 0.99.6

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer.

== Forensic Features ==

* Disk partitions and USB storage devices found by Masterkey are mounted read-only automatically. Icons for these mounted devices are displayed on the user's Desktop. This facilitates access and prevents a user from accidentally writing to the devices and contaminating evidence.

* Mounting and use of swap partitions is not allowed. This prevents a user from destroying any evidence present on swap partitions.

* Root privilege. The user works with the system as a super user (administrator) so that tools requiring root privilege can be used straightaway.

* Console login. The Desktop environment (graphic user interface) does not start automatically during bootup. This makes it possible to work with Masterkey on older computers. The user can choose to start either the KDE or Fluxbox desktops if they wish.

== See Also ==

* [[Live Forensic Toolkit]] - [http://masterkeylinux.com/index.php/lft]

== External Links ==

* [http://masterkeylinux.com Masterkey Web Site]
* [http://masterkeylinux.com/community Masterkey Community Forum]
[[Category:Incident response tools]]

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	* Console login. The Desktop environment (graphic user interface) does not start automatically during bootup. This makes it possible to work with Masterkey on older computers. The user can choose to start either the KDE or Fluxbox desktops if they wish.		* Console login. The Desktop environment (graphic user interface) does not start automatically during bootup. This makes it possible to work with Masterkey on older computers. The user can choose to start either the KDE or Fluxbox desktops if they wish.
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-'''Masterkey Linux''' (or simply Masterkey) is a [[Live CD]] built on top of [[Slackware]] developed by Dr. Qin Zhou of Coventry University. It focuses on [[Incident Response|incident response]] and [[computer forensics]].
+'''Masterkey Linux''' (or simply Masterkey) is a [[Live CD]] based on [[Slackware]] developed by Dr. Qin Zhou of Coventry University. It focuses on [[Incident Response|incident response]] and [[computer forensics]].
 Whilst designed for use by students entering the field of Computer Forensics, Masterkey contains a diverse range of free and open source tools that both students, computer forensics professionals and system administrators alike can use.

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 * [http://masterkeylinux.com Masterkey Web Site]
 * [http://masterkeylinux.com/community Masterkey Community Forum]
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