Tools Using TSK or Autopsy

Bootable CDs with The Sleuth Kit & Autopsy

(in alphabetical order)

• BackTrack2
• DEFT (Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit) - Kubuntu based
• FCCU Gnu/Linux Forensic Boot CD (knoppix)
• Forensic and Incident Response Environment (FIRE)
• Helix (knoppix)
• Knoppix STD
• Local Area Security Linux
• Penguin Sleuth Kit (knoppix)
• Plan-B
• Snarl (FreeBSD)

Tools that Integrate The Sleuth Kit

(in alphabetical order)

• Allin1
• Odyssey Digital Forensics Search
• PyFlag
• Zeitline

Add-ons / Patches for The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy

The following were written by Sleuth Kit users and provide additional capabilities. Note that a patch may not work with the current version.
(in alphabetical order)

• Comeforth: Script that uses TSK tools to process raw data. It is similar to lazarus, but Dan Higgens says that it provides a bit more flexibility for processing very large data sets.
• foremost: Patch to use foremost with Autopsy. By Pepijn Vissers (vissers at fox-it dot com).
• Forensic Hash Database: Patch to use hfind and sorter with the Forensic Hash Database. By Matthias Hofherr (matthias at mhofherr dot de).
• Index Search: Patch to let Autopsy and The Sleuth Kit index the ASCII words in an image. This provides faster keyword searches in Autopsy than by just extracting the strings. By Paul Bakker ( bakker at fox-it dot com).
• Recoup Directory Contents: Script to run fls and icat on a directory to export the files and create the needed subdirectories. By Dave Henkewick (dave at hoax dot ca).
• Unicode: (NOTE: This patch is no longer needed as of version 2.03) Patches for the NTFS code in The Sleuth Kit to show Unicode names. By TAKAHASHI Motonobu (monyo at home dot monyo dot com) and tessy (tessy at tessy dot jp).

Sleuth Kit Packages

The following packages have been contributed by Sleuth Kit users. NOTE: They have not been validated, reviewed, or tested by the original developers and have no warranties of any kind. Some packages may not be of the latest release, so check the version first.

• Ralf Spenneberg
• Oden Eriksson: RPM Find
• Gentoo
• Thomas Rude: crazytrain.com
• Matthew Shannon: src, i686 (Note that no Autopsy rpms match this rpm).
• Dag Wieers: dag.wieers.com
• opr: FreeBSD Ports

Autopsy Packages

The following packages have been contributed by Autopsy users. NOTE: They have not been validated, reviewed, or tested by the original developers of Autopsy and have no warranties of any kind. Some packages may not be of the latest release, so check the version first.

• Ralf Spenneberg: www.spenneberg.com (NOTE: If you use this RPM, make sure you use Ralf's Sleuth Kit RPM as well to ensure the binaries are in the correct place).
• Gentoo
• Dag Wieers: dag.wieers.com
• Michael Scherer: RPM Find
• opr: FreeBSD Ports