Re: Decent Win32 utility for hash set creation, organization, and manipulation?

From: Michael Rutledge (dirutmwat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 06:06:48 PDT

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    NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has a large set of hashes
    for known "good" OS files and known "bad" contraband and rootkits.  I believe
    they are up to 1.4 GB of hashes, but it might be useful.
    
    NIST Website: http://www.nsrl.nist.gov
    
    Michael W. Rutledge
    Computer Science Graduate Student
    Computer Forensics and Information Assurance
    Mississippi State University
    mwr3at_private
    
    
    "Mark G. Spencer" wrote:
    
    > I would like to start building some decent "notable" hash sets for use in my
    > investigations, but have not found a decent Win32 utility for creating,
    > organizing, and manipulating hash sets.
    >
    > The method I've used in the past is too cumbersome for serious work, which
    > includes the manual creation of .hsh and .hke files in HashKeeper format.
    >
    > HSH file includes:
    >
    > file id
    > hashset_id
    > Filename
    > Directory
    > Hash
    > File size
    > Date modified
    > Time modified
    > Time zone
    > Comments
    > Date accessed
    > Time accessed
    >
    > HKE file includes:
    >
    > hashset id
    > name
    > vendor
    > package
    > version
    > authenticated flag
    > notable flag
    > initials
    > number of files
    > Description
    > Date loaded
    >
    > Based on the number of hashes that HashKeeper and NSRL have compiled, I'm
    > assuming they must have a better way to work with hash sets than manually
    > creating and editing these .HSH and .HKE files.
    >
    > Since I want to share my notable hash sets, I will probably make good use of
    > most (if not all) of the fields provided above so that my hashes are useful.
    >
    > Any advice is greatly appreciated!
    >
    > Mark G. Spencer
    > Computer Forensics Examiner
    > EvidentData, Inc.
    > Phone: 909.948.7714
    > Direct Fax: 508.256.0463
    > Office Fax: 909.948.4365
    > Web: http://www.evidentdata.com
    >
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