Re: Case Security Question

From: Justin Case (me_at_noplace.com)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 22:11:18 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?
>
> 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/

I'm thinking he is using something like this:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1833075,00.asp

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