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$page_title = "SS - Home";
$page_h1 = "String Search Testing Home";
$isSsHome = 1; // setting this variable will help ft_ss_head.php in rendering the page as we call it next...
include "ft_ss_head.php";
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<p>Welcome to the Federated Testing test suite for forensic string search tools. The following steps will guide you in testing a forensic string search tool. Use the selections from the left hand menu 
at any time to navigate to different parts of the testing process or to return to this page. Visit the 
<a href="readmehelp.php">Readme / Help</a> page to learn more about the testing process, testing string search tools, and FAQs.</p>

<ol>
	<!--      <li>Select and download the string search test images from the <i>Federated Testing String Search</i>
section of the CFReDS website, https://www.cfreds.nist.gov.
There are two test images (.dd files).
one image is for testing search tools on
Microsoft Windows type file systems (FAT, ExFAT 
and NTFS) along with a block of unallocated storage space. The other 
test image is for testing searching UNIX-like file systems (OSX, APFS and ext4).
An HTML file is also included in the download. This file should be opened in
a browser on the test computer. The file can be used for entering search
target strings by copy and paste. This is helpful for entering non-English
text as a search target string.
</li>-->
<li>Download the String Search data set from the <i>Federated Testing Test Data Sets</i>
section of the CFReDS website, <a href="https://www.cfreds.nist.gov">www.cfreds.nist.gov</a>. Copy the data set to your test computer 
(the computer where your forensic string search tool is installed). Unzip the data set and familiarize yourself with the contents. There are two test images (.dd files), one for testing search tools on
Microsoft Windows type file systems (FAT, ExFAT 
and NTFS) and one 
 for testing searching on UNIX-like file systems (ext4, APFS, and OSX), and other files that are used in the testing process.<!--
A string-search-test-cases.html HTML file is also included in the download. This file should be opened in
a browser on the test computer. The file can be used for entering search
target strings by copy and paste. This is helpful for entering non-English
text as a search target string. The ft-ss-07-Norm-strings.txt file should be used to copy and paste the target strings for test case FT-SS-07-Norm. The Expected Results by ID file can be printed and used to record the test results of each test case to paper as an intermediate step to recording the results in this test suite.--></li>
<!-- <li>Use the '<a href="/formatyourthumb.php?ref=ss">Format Your Log Drive FT-LOGS</a>' 	page to prepare a flash drive for storing test logs.</li> -->
<li>Generate the list of tests to run for the tool using the <a href="customizetest.php">
<i>'Generate Test Cases &amp; Start Testing'</i></a> pages. <font color="red"><b></b></font></li>
<li>Run each test to test the tool. At this point, you may prefer to print the <i>Expected Results by ID - mm-dd Data Set.pdf</i> file included in the data set download and use it to record the test results of each test case to paper as an intermediate step to recording the results in this test suite. If you have to reboot your computer, use 
<a href="selectdataset.php">
<i>'Continue Testing'</i></a> to return to running the tests.</li>

<li>Use the '<?php
// if doing dev work on mac, want to pass /tmp as path to log drive; if on Linux,
// pass /media/FT-LOGS 
$mac = '/FedTest/cgi-bin';
$linux = '/FedTest/cgi-bin';
if (file_exists($mac)){
  // if on mac, 
  echo '<a href="/generatefinalreport.php?ref=ss&path=\FedTest\media\cftt\FT-LOGS">';
} else {
  // else, on linux,
  echo '<a href="/generatefinalreport.php?ref=ss&path=\FedTest\media\cftt\FT-LOGS">';
}
?>Generate a Test Report</a>' page to create a draft test report.  It will be 
saved to the FT-LOGS flash drive. Some sections of the report will need to be completed by the tester.</li>
<li>(Optional) Submit the test report and the testing log files to CFTT to share with the forensics community! See <a href="../shareyourresults.php?ref=ss"><i> 
'Share Your Results'</i></a> for instructions on how to share the test results.
<font color="red"></font></li>
</ol>
</p>
<br>
</div>

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//include "ft_ss_home_links.php";
?>
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	include "ft_ss_tail.php";
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