Chapter 7: Windows Filesystems
Interpret the data found in a 32-byte FAT directory record. The FAT filesystem is alive and well. It is the one filesystem that is portable between the various popular operating systems, which are Windows, OS X, Linux, and so forth. With the rapid growth in thumb drives, various types of flash media, and personal music players, the FAT filesystem will be around for years to come. Many attackers keep their tools and data on thumb drives to keep them portable and hidden from prying eyes.
FAT stores vital filesystem metadata in a structure known as a FAT directory entry. This entry is 32 bytes in length and contains, among other things, the file’s name, length, and starting cluster.
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