Re: Case Security Question

From: Todd H. (comphelp_at_toddh.net)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 16:18:26 -0500

First, I agree with other cautions that you should tread very
carefully here.

>From a technical perspective, A Knoppix CD (a live Linux distribution
that is entirely contained on a CD and can mount windows
drives/partitions) might be something worth trying. The security
tools distribution might be of particular interest because of its
forensics tools.
        http://www.knoppix-std.org/

However, if the guy is security savvy and doing something illegal, and
has shown enough worry to install a case lock, it's also likely that
he's set the bios to not allow booting from the cd rom. But it's an
easy thing to try. If knoppix mounts things read-only, you can poke
around without changing the state of the file system at all. What
does this case HD lock look like anyway?

Now, the legal issues on this problem are far more complex. Not being
qualified to advise, your relative should seek the counsel of her
attorney insofar as how this issue might affect the civil litigation
of the divorce. And that attorney might also have a bead on
how/whether the criminal aspect of the alleged activity should best be
handled. Evidence handling, chain of custody, etc for criminal
proceedings is very sensitive stuff, as suggested by another poster.

Best Regards, 

-- 
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/