diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d38a4cc1a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +Autopsy 4 +http://www.sleuthkit.org/ +March 15, 2016 + + +OVERVIEW + +Autopsy is a graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit and other open source digital forensics tools. +Autopsy 3 was a complete rewrite from Autopsy 2 to make it Java-based. +Autopsy 4 improves on Autopsy 3 by supporting collaboration on a single case by multiple users. + +Although Autopsy is designed to be cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOSX), the current version is fully functional and fully tested only on Windows. +We have run it on XP, Vista, and Windows 7 with no problems. + +Autopsy 4 is released under the Apache 2.0 license. +Some libraries Autopsy uses may have different, but similar, open source licenses. + + +INSTALLATION + +For a Windows installation, all Autopsy dependencies are bundled with the installer provided. +There is no need for manual installation of additional dependencies if the Windows installer is used. + +If you want the Japanese localized version, you must have the Japanese language pack (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813) installed and the default locale set to JA. (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-system-locale#1TC=windows-7). + +Refer to the KNOWN_ISSUES.txt file for known bugs that could cause investigation problems. + + +SUPPORT + +There is a built-in help system in Autopsy once you get it started. There is also a QuickStart Guide that comes with the installer. + +Send any bug reports or feature requests to the sleuthkit-users e-mail list. + http://www.sleuthkit.org/support.php + + +LICENSE + +The Autopsy code is released under the Apache License, Version 2. See LICENSE-2.0.txt for details. + + +EMBEDDED SOFTWARE + +This section lists the software components and libraries that are used by of +Autopsy. These tools are bundled with the Windows installer, unless specified otherwise. + +JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.8 +- Web page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html +- License: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html + +Netbeans 8.0.2 RCP platform and .jar files bundled with the platform +- Web page: http://netbeans.org/features/platform/ +- License: +https://netbeans.org/downloads/jdk-bundle/8.0.2/nb802-LICENSE.txt + +Sleuth Kit for analyzing disk images. +- Web page: http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/ +- License: http://sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/licenses.php + +Libewf for opening E01 files +- Web page: https://github.com/libyal/libewf +- License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html + +zlib for opening E01 files +- Web page: http://zlib.net/ +- License: http://zlib.net/zlib_license.html + +Solr (including Lucene and TIKA) for keyword search +- Web page: http://projects.apache.org/projects/solr.html +- License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +GStreamer for viewing video files +- Web page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ +- License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html + +GStreamer-java for viewing video files +- Web page: http://code.google.com/p/gstreamer-java/ +- License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html + +Regripper for pulling recently activity +(Including custom plugins) +- Web page: http://regripper.wordpress.com/ +- License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html + +Pasco2 for pulling Internet Explorer activity +- Web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pasco2/ +- License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html + +Jericho for extracting content from HTML files +- Web page: http://jerichohtml.sourceforge.net/ +- License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html + +Advanced installer 9 (Freeware) +(not embedded in Autopsy, but used to generate Autopsy installer.) +- Web page: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/ + +Metadata Extractor 2.6.2 for extracting Exif metadata +- Web page: http://www.drewnoakes.com/code/exif/ +- License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Reflections 0.9.8 for ingest module loading +- Web page: http://code.google.com/p/reflections +- License: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL + +Sigar for process monitoring +- Web page: http://support.hyperic.com/display/SIGAR/Home +- License: http://support.hyperic.com/display/SIGAR/Home#Home-license + +7Zip and 7Zip java bindings for 7Zip extractor module +- Web page: http://sevenzipjbind.sourceforge.net/ +- License: http://sourceforge.net/directory/license:lgpl/ + +ImgScalr 4.2 for image resizing in image viewers +- Web page: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-scaling-library/ +- License: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/software/imgscalr-java-image-scaling-library/#license + + +EMBEDDED RESOURCES + +This section lists other resources, such as icons, that are used by Autopsy. + +FAMFAMFAM Silk Icons v1.3 +- Web page: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ +- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ + +Fugue Icons v3.5.6 +- Web page: http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/ +- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ + +WebHostingHub Glyphs +- Web page: http://www.webhostinghub.com/glyphs/ +- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ + +Splashy Icons (free as in free) +- Web page: http://splashyfish.com/icons/ \ No newline at end of file