Help Documents
From SleuthKitWiki
This page contains links and references to online help documents on The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy. The Books and Courses on TSK page contains links to books and courses.
English Documents
There are many documents that outline TSK.
- The TSK Tool Overview page lists all of the command line tools in TSK.
- The FS Analysis Techniques page lists some of the analysis techniques that you can perform.
There are also pages on this site on more specific topics.
- Timelines
- NTFS File Recovery
- Error Messages
- Metadata Address
- data units
- Block Address
- Orphan Files
- TSK Version Numbers
- SQLite Database v2 Schema
Big Picture
This section contains links to articles on using The Sleuth Kit as a whole (i.e. the articles are not about a specific tool).
- Law Enforcement and Forensic Examiner Introduction to Linux: A Beginner's Guide. Barry Grundy. 2003 (NASA OIG) - Updated December 2008.
- CyberGuardians Cheat Sheet: 2-page PDF with sample commands for a variety of common TSK activities. Useful for veteran analysts who want to quickly look up a forgotten flag, or for a beginner looking to learn by example and experimentation.
- Running Sleuthkit and Autopsy Under Windows by Charles Lucas (local copy)
General Locations
This section lists locations where relevant documents may be found.
- The Sleuth Kit Informer (www.sleuthkit.org) newsletter (no longer active)
- Sleuth Kit Documents Page (www.sleuthkit.org)
- Autopsy Documents Page (www.sleuthkit.org)
- GIAC Reports - Look at the reports that people submitted for their GIAC certification. There are quite a few if you search for 'sleuth' or 'autopsy'.
