PTK Forensics (PTK) was a non-free, commercial

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for old versions of the

digital forensics Digital forensics (sometimes known as digital forensic science) is a branch of forensic science encompassing the recovery, investigation, examination and analysis of material found in digital devices, often in relation to mobile devices and co ...

tool

The Sleuth Kit The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of Unix- and Windows-based utilities for extracting data from disk drives and other storage so as to facilitate the forensic analysis of computer systems. It forms the foundation for Autopsy, a bet ...

(TSK). It also includes a number of other software modules for investigating digital media. The software is not developed anymore. PTK runs as a GUI interface for The Sleuth Kit, acquiring and indexing digital media for investigation. Indexes are stored in an SQL database for searching as part of a digital investigation. PTK calculates a hash signature (using

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and MD5) for acquired media for verification and consistency purposes.

References

External links

SourceForge.net download site for PTK
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