Your supervisor has asked you to research current acquisition tool. Using your preferred Internet search engine and the vendors listed in this chapter, prepare a report containing the following information for each tool and stating which tool you would prefer to use:

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Computer forensics vendor name
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Acquisition tool name and latest version number
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Features of the vendor's product

With this data collected, prepare a spreadsheet listing the vendors in the rows. For the column headings, list the following features:

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Raw format
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Proprietary format
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AFF format
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Other proprietary formats the tool can read
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Compression of image files
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Remote network acquisition capabilities
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Method used to validate (MD5, SHA-1, and so on)