E 'Today's announcement of the new version of the well known libraries AFF who since 2006 continue to evolve due to intensive development work Simson L. Garfinkel. The new version introduces a number of improvements in the control range of 'integrity copies and confidentiality of data. It 'now possible to run on the images produced, both in size that AFD AFF, two basic steps:
- Signature Encryption
With regard to the signing process, the advantages are of course many, first of all the not having to delegate the entire processs of integrity to the use of hash algorithms such as MD5 or SHA1 but you can use asymmetric key digital signatures is in the process of generation of Forensic Images and during the process of creating copies of evidence. The whole process of Chain of custody is preserved and signed within the metadata that accompany any evidence.
References: http://www.afflib.org/affcrypto.pdf
Support all'encryption instead allows you to store data securely. The algortimo on which is AES-256 and, unlike some of protection mechanisms for evidence files with password, AFF provides that, unless Brute Force Attack, you can not access the content in light of the data bypassing control structures.
References: http://www.afflib.org/affcrypto.pdf
PTK, already able to recognize and AFF file import, support, in its Stable (September 2008), the entire process of managing evidence AFF 3.0.
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