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| Subject: | Re: forensic imaging and the host protected area on ATA drives (was Two hash) |
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| Date: | Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:54:15 +0100 |
From my testing, if run in DOS with "Direct ATA", EnCase will remove the
HPA without notice (permamently, not temporarily) and image the entire drive. If run in Windows or in DOS with "BIOS", it will not find the HPA. If you use Fastbloc Classic, it will not find the HPA even in DOS "Direct ATA" mode. This is not suprising since the ATA protocol in this case is in the firmware of the blocking device. -- Svein Y. Willassen, M.Sc. Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Greg Freemyer [mailto:greg.freemyer@gmail.com] Sendt: 29. desember 2004 23:17 Til: Forensics Emne: Re: forensic imaging and the host protected area on ATA drives (was Two hash) On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:03:48 -0500, Brian Carrier wrote:
Does anyone know what the acquisition tools that support HPA do? Do they remove the HPA and give one big image file or do they give a separate image file for the HPA?
The ImageMaster Solo2 just provides a single image which is the full size of the native drive. I'm pretty sure Encase from Dos also does this. Greg -- Greg Freemyer ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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