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Selective File Dumper

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During a computer forensics investigation we faced a problem how to get all the interesting files we need fast. We work, mainly, using the Open Source software products and Linux OS, and we consider the Sleuthkit and the Foremost two very useful tools, but for reaching our target they were too complicated and time consuming to use. For this reason we developed the Selective File Dumper, a Linux Bash script which makes it possible to extract all the referenced, deleted and unallocated files and finally to perform a keyword search, in a simple way.

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  1. Via Della Costituente, 37, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Nanni Bassetti

  2. Via A. Testa, 16, 10010, Banchette, TO, Italy

    Denis Frati

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  1. Computer Forensis Consulting, Great Western Highway 324, Warrimoo, 2774, Australia

    Ewa Huebner

  2. Dipto. Elettronica e Informazione (DEI), Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Stefano Zanero

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Bassetti, N., Frati, D. (2010). Selective File Dumper. In: Huebner, E., Zanero, S. (eds) Open Source Software for Digital Forensics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5803-7_8

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