"DEFT is a new concept of Computer Forensic live system that uses LXDE as desktop environment and thunar file manager and mount manager as tool for device management.It is a very easy to use system that includes an excellent hardware detection and the best free and open source applications dedicated to incident response and computer forensics."
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These are the main features of DEFT RC v6:
  • LXDE
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.35
  • DEFT Extra 3 (Windows Side)
  • Sleuthkit 3.2.0
  • Autopsy 2.24
  • Digital Forensic Framework (DFF) 0.8
  • Xplico 0.6.1
  • Dhash 2.0.1
  • Guymager 0.5.7
  • Hunchbacked 4most 0.6
  • Log2timeline 0.50
  • Foremost, Scalpel e Photorec file carver
  • usb 3 ready
  • Full integration using wine for run windows forensic tool under linux
  • Full support for Intel Mac OSX systems
  • Full support for the most common file systems
  • Full support for logical volume manager
  • Full support for afflib and ewflib.
So, you see that this release comes with a lot of updates and the NEW logo! Happy working with the DEFT 6 Release Candidate.
Download DEFT v6 RC (deft_6_rc.iso) here.

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