Automated Image and Restore – GUI front-end to dd/dc3dd

Last Updated on July 10, 2021

Automated Image and Restore (AIR) is a graphical user interface front-end to dd/dc3dd.

This tool is designed to make the task of creating forensic images of digital media easier for investigators and incident response personnel.

AIR provides a convenient interface to execute the dd set of commands.

Features include:

• Auto-detection of IDE and SCSI drives, CD-ROMs, and tape drives.
• Choice of using either dd or dc3dd.
• Image verification between source and copy via MD5 or SHA1/256/384/512.
• Image compression/decompression via gzip/bzip2.
• Image over a TCP/IP network via netcat/cryptcat.
• Supports SCSI tape drives.
• Wiping (zeroing) drives or partitions.
• Splitting images into multiple segments.
• Detailed logging with date/times and complete command-line used.

Website: sourceforge.net/projects/air-imager
Support:
Developer: Steve Gibson, Nanni Bassetti
License: GNU GPL v2

AIR is written in Perl. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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