Re: Case Security Question

From: Justin Case (me_at_noplace.com)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 21:43:53 GMT

"Todd H." <comphelp@toddh.net> wrote in message
news:84achwj3h9.fsf@ripco.com...
>
> 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?

The lock looks like one of those silver circular case locks, that is
located right in front of the case where the hard drive is found behind.
Like a vending machine lock?
This area has a handle, as if it could pull out the hard drive once
unlocked.
I suspect he has a BIOS set up for protection. However, I noticed the
External Zip CD drive attempted to search for a boot record or boot disk
when it booted. What's weird is, the activity lights light up, but the
monitor
shows nothing, not even the dos startup screen, just totally blank.
And when you press a deguas button on the monitor, it acts like
a monitor on without a signal from video card. Is it possible to
have the video card disabled without a proper boot disk or password?

>
> 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/

She says she has consulted her lawyer and he has
given her the OK to try and retrieve and information
from the computer. This guy is seriously parinoid
about security. I assume if he has something
illegal, that's a good reason why.
My sister hinted he may have hacked
financial institutions as well
Thank you Todd for your advice.

Justin

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