Re: Identifying Win2K/XP Encrypted Files

From: Brian Carrier (carrierat_private)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 07:00:38 PST

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    On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:39:01AM -0500, Dante Mercurio wrote:
    > Pulling the plug would lose access to any third-party encrypted
    > partitions that may otherwise be accessible. PGPDisk comes to mind. If
    > the drive was mounted, and you pull the plug, you've lose the capability
    > of seeing that partition and any evidence on it unless you can recover
    > the key.
    
    You can always use a windows port of 'dd' and netcat to acquire just
    the encrypted volume before the power is removed.  After power is
    removed, perform a usual dead acquisition of the entire disk.
    
    In terms of disk state, yanking the plug likely creates a better image
    than doing a live acquisition (which I guess really isn't saying
    much).
    
    brian
    
    
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