The SANS SIFT Workstation is a VMware Appliance that is pre-configured with all the necessary tools to perform a detailed digital forensic examination. It is compatible with Expert Witness Format (E01), Advanced Forensic Format (AFF), and raw (dd) evidence formats. The brand new version has been completely rebuilt on an Ubuntu base with many additional tools and capabilities that can match any modern forensic tool suite.
Ability to securely examine raw disks, multiple file systems, evidence formats. Places strict guidelines on how evidence is examined (read-only) verifying that the evidence has not changed
File system support
* Windows (MSDOS, FAT, VFAT, NTFS)
* MAC (HFS)
* Solaris (UFS)
* Linux (EXT2/3)
Evidence Image Support
* Expert Witness (E01)
* RAW (dd)
* Advanced Forensic Format (AFF)
Software Includes
* The Sleuth Kit (File system Analysis Tools)
* log2timeline (Timeline Generation Tool)
* ssdeep & md5deep (Hashing Tools)
* Foremost/Scalpel (File Carving)
* WireShark (Network Forensics)
* Vinetto (thumbs.db examination)
* Pasco (IE Web History examination)
* Rifiuti (Recycle Bin examination)
* Volatility Framework (Memory Analysis)
* DFLabs PTK (GUI Front-End for Sleuthkit)
* Autopsy (GUI Front-End for Sleuthkit)
* PyFLAG (GUI Log/Disk Examination)