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The Open Source Digital Forensics site is a reference on the use of open source software in digital investigations. As shown in the papers section, open source software may have legal benefits over closed source software.
* An investigator can learn and testify about what her open source forensic analysis tools did.
* An investigator can testify about the conditions that existed in the suspect's open source software for a piece of evidence to be generated (i.e. a log entry).
We do not claim that open source tools are superior to closed source tools. Both can have serious bugs and faults and produce errors. This site provides an easy reference for investigators who are interested in using open source analysis tools during an investigation.
This site is maintained by volunteers. It was originally created by Brian Carrier. Content to this site is submitted by users and a team of editors review the submissions before they are posted. The current team of editors include
* Brian Carrier
* Jon Evans
* Bill Evoy
* Kevin Reis
* Luis Salazar
* Jason Upchurch
Anthony Lawrence (Basis Technology) helped transition this site from its old static HTML pages to the new system. E-mail webmaster [at] opensourceforensics [dot] org with any questions.