Comments on the Linux FAT32 allocator and file creation order reconstruction [Digit Investig 11(4), 224-233]

Wan Yeon Lee, Hyuckmin Kwon, Heejo Lee

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    Abstract

    Minnaard proposed a novel method that constructs a creation time bound of files recovered without time information. The method exploits a relationship between the creation order of files and their locations on a storage device managed with the Linux FAT32 file system. This creation order reconstruction method is valid only in non-wraparound situations, where the file creation time in a former position is earlier than that in a latter position. In this article, we show that if the Linux FAT32 file allocator traverses the storage space more than once, the creation time of a recovered file is possibly earlier than that of a former file and possibly later than that of a latter file on the Linux FAT32 file system. Also it is analytically verified that there are at most n candidates for the creation time bound of each recovered file where n is the number of traversals by the file allocator. Our analysis is evaluated by examining file allocation patterns of two commercial in-car dashboard cameras.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)119-123
    Number of pages5
    JournalDigital Investigation
    Volume15
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015 Dec 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the Public Welfare & Safety Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( 2012M3A2A1051118 ).

    Keywords

    • Creation time
    • FAT32
    • Linux file system
    • Recovered file

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
    • Information Systems
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Medical Laboratory Technology
    • Law

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