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Getting Started with BitCurator

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Last updated on 2024-02-21 | + + Edit this page

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Overview

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Questions

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  • How do I install and use digital forensics tools that may be useful +for digital curation activities?
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  • What is a disk image and how can I create one?
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  • What tools may be used to acquire born-digital materials from +removable storage media (and other locations), which ensure the +integrity of the data, create useful information about the source and +the resulting materials, and can help to preserve the context of the +original materials?
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  • What sorts of digital media are most well suited to this sort of +activity? Are there some that are not?
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Objectives

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  • Test and evaluate tools for use in the identification, transfer, and +preservation of born-digital materials.
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  • Install and become familiar with the tools in the BitCurator +environment.
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  • Identify appropriate tools for acquiring born-digital content from +removable media and scan for potentially sensitive information stored in +that media.
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  • Use the Guymager disk imaging software to acquire the contents of a +storage device and its associated metadata.
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Instructions +

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For this lab, the main goal is to get started with BitCurator. To do +this, you will need to install BitCurator on your local computer, and +you will also need to have a small removable storage device, such as a +USB drive or thumb drive. (Your removable storage media should be modest +in capacity in order to reduce file sizes.)

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The overall steps in this task are as follows:

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  1. Install BitCurator locally (on your laptop, or a desktop that you +use and have access to). This will require installing VirtualBox, which +is a software from Oracle, an “image” of BitCurator to use for importing +the image to VirtualBox, and then starting up the BitCurator environment +on your computer.
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  2. Launch BitCurator in the VirtualBox environment, and spend some time +getting familiar with the tool’s in the BitCurator environment.
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  3. Acquire a disk image of some sample of digital materials (from a USB +or small storage device) using GuyMager, a disk imaging tool that is +part of the BitCurator environment.
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For reference, these are the tools you will be focused on:

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  • +BitCurator +- as of January 2023, the current version is 4.4.1
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  • +GuyMager (note that +this is already part of the above, so there is not need to install it +separately)
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Installation Tips +

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  • To guide your BitCurator installation and imaging process, you +should consult Bitcurator’s QuickStart Guide, available here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/bitcurator/docs/BitCurator-Quickstart-v4.x.x.pdf.
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  • Note that for this activity, you will be using the “Virtual +Appliance” option, not the option to install as a direct boot or +partition. So, you do not need to create a bootable USB drive +prior to installation (ignore instructions about that).
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  • You can use the .ova file linked here for your virtual +appliance: https://distro.ibiblio.org/bitcurator/BitCurator-4.4.1.ova +(SHA256 +for verification)
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  • Be sure to set up a Shared Folder as outlined in +the instructions, so that you can save files to your local computer +(outside the VM).
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  • If you are ever asked while using BitCurator to enter an +administrator password, use +bcadmin.
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Activities +

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Getting around in BitCurator +

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Getting around - tasks

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Getting around: Answers will vary, depending on what you choose to +look at. At minimum, you should look at the various “Applications” (menu +up at the top), use the right click option to look at file information, +checksums, and look around to find other interesting things.

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Key Points +

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  • Use BitCurator as a helpful way to bundle together and run many +tools useful to digital forensics that are appropriate to digital +curation. That is, tools that assist in creating trustworthy digital +copies, provenance information, contextual data, and chain of custody +information.
    • +
  • You can use GuyMager to make disk images.
    • +
  • BitCurator has things set up so you can use GuyMager as +well as other tools that will document your transfer and copying +processes.
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Back To Top + +
+ + diff --git a/404.html b/404.html index cfe30917..afc1c0f4 100644 --- a/404.html +++ b/404.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Lesson Title: Page not found +
+ Digital Forensics for Librarians and Archivists +
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+

Getting Started with BitCurator

+

Last updated on 2024-02-21 | + + Edit this page

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Estimated time: 8 minutes

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+

Overview

+
+
+
+
+

Questions

+
  • How do I install and use digital forensics tools that may be useful +for digital curation activities?
    • +
  • What is a disk image and how can I create one?
    • +
  • What tools may be used to acquire born-digital materials from +removable storage media (and other locations), which ensure the +integrity of the data, create useful information about the source and +the resulting materials, and can help to preserve the context of the +original materials?
    • +
  • What sorts of digital media are most well suited to this sort of +activity? Are there some that are not?
    • +
+
+
+
+
+
+

Objectives

+
  • Test and evaluate tools for use in the identification, transfer, and +preservation of born-digital materials.
    • +
  • Install and become familiar with the tools in the BitCurator +environment.
    • +
  • Identify appropriate tools for acquiring born-digital content from +removable media and scan for potentially sensitive information stored in +that media.
    • +
  • Use the Guymager disk imaging software to acquire the contents of a +storage device and its associated metadata.
    • +
+
+
+
+
+

Instructions +

+

For this lab, the main goal is to get started with BitCurator. To do +this, you will need to install BitCurator on your local computer, and +you will also need to have a small removable storage device, such as a +USB drive or thumb drive. (Your removable storage media should be modest +in capacity in order to reduce file sizes.)

+

The overall steps in this task are as follows:

+
  1. Install BitCurator locally (on your laptop, or a desktop that you +use and have access to). This will require installing VirtualBox, which +is a software from Oracle, an “image” of BitCurator to use for importing +the image to VirtualBox, and then starting up the BitCurator environment +on your computer.
    2. +
  2. Launch BitCurator in the VirtualBox environment, and spend some time +getting familiar with the tool’s in the BitCurator environment.
    3. +
  3. Acquire a disk image of some sample of digital materials (from a USB +or small storage device) using GuyMager, a disk imaging tool that is +part of the BitCurator environment.
    4. +

For reference, these are the tools you will be focused on:

+
  • +BitCurator +- as of January 2023, the current version is 4.4.1
    • +
  • +GuyMager (note that +this is already part of the above, so there is not need to install it +separately)
    • +

Installation Tips +

+
  • To guide your BitCurator installation and imaging process, you +should consult Bitcurator’s QuickStart Guide, available here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/bitcurator/docs/BitCurator-Quickstart-v4.x.x.pdf.
    • +
  • Note that for this activity, you will be using the “Virtual +Appliance” option, not the option to install as a direct boot or +partition. So, you do not need to create a bootable USB drive +prior to installation (ignore instructions about that).
    • +
  • You can use the .ova file linked here for your virtual +appliance: https://distro.ibiblio.org/bitcurator/BitCurator-4.4.1.ova +(SHA256 +for verification)
    • +
  • Be sure to set up a Shared Folder as outlined in +the instructions, so that you can save files to your local computer +(outside the VM).
    • +
  • If you are ever asked while using BitCurator to enter an +administrator password, use +bcadmin.
    • +

Activities +

+
+
+ +
+
+

Getting around in BitCurator +

+
+

Getting around - tasks

+
+
+
+
+
+ +
+
+

Getting around: Answers will vary, depending on what you choose to +look at. At minimum, you should look at the various “Applications” (menu +up at the top), use the right click option to look at file information, +checksums, and look around to find other interesting things.

+
+
+
+
+
+
+ +
+
+

Key Points +

+
+
  • Use BitCurator as a helpful way to bundle together and run many +tools useful to digital forensics that are appropriate to digital +curation. That is, tools that assist in creating trustworthy digital +copies, provenance information, contextual data, and chain of custody +information.
    • +
  • You can use GuyMager to make disk images.
    • +
  • BitCurator has things set up so you can use GuyMager as +well as other tools that will document your transfer and copying +processes.
    • +
+
+
+ +
+
+ + +
+
+
+ +
Back To Top + +
+ + diff --git a/instructor/404.html b/instructor/404.html index fbdc43f3..01e5fcfd 100644 --- a/instructor/404.html +++ b/instructor/404.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Lesson Title: Page not found