S0 — Sector Zero

Unified forensic data sanitization, bit-stream acquisition & evidence carving suite with cryptographic chain-of-custody.

Get Started & Install Documentation ↗ Offline Verifier ↗

curl -fsSL https://s0-install.pages.dev/sh | bash

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[ Core Capabilities ]

Forensic Capabilities

Deterministic, hardware-level forensic workflows with mathematical non-repudiation.

01 · DEFENSIVE

Media & File Sanitization

Purge physical drives, SSDs, and files per NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 & IEEE 2883-2022 via NVMe Sanitize, ATA Secure Erase, or multi-pass CSPRNG overwriting. Emits Ed25519-signed PDF/JSON certificates.

02 · OFFENSIVE

Forensic Evidence Carving

Reconstruct deleted evidence from raw images across ext4, NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT. Evaluates structural confidence using 4-factor Shannon entropy scoring and bifragment cluster reassembly.

03 · ACQUISITION

Bit-Stream Acquisition & Cloning

Fault-tolerant raw image acquisition (.raw / .dd) and drive cloning per ISO/IEC 27037. Performs simultaneous live SHA-256 and MD5 hashing with ddrescue-style bad sector zero-filling.

SUPPORTING FEATURE

Hash-Chained Audit Ledger

Records every laboratory operation into an append-only, SHA-256 hash-chained SQLite ledger (~/.s0/s0_audit.db) for tamper-evident chain of custody verifiable in milliseconds.

SUPPORTING FEATURE

Zero-Trust Verification Portal

100% client-side WebCrypto validator at s0-verify.pages.dev. Drag and drop JSON certificates, PDFs, or QR images with zero data leaving your machine.

[ Live Demo ]

See S0 in Action

Real output simulation: 1-line installation, disk enumeration, evidence recovery, NIST media erasing, audit ledger, and cryptographic verification.

s0 — Forensic CLI Session

analyst@s0:~$

[ Installation ]

Quick Installation

One command configures an isolated virtual environment and registers s0 on your system PATH.

Linux & macOS

Bash / Zsh

curl -fsSL https://s0-install.pages.dev/sh | bash

Windows

PowerShell

irm https://s0-install.pages.dev/ps1 | iex

Windows

Command Prompt

curl -fsSL https://s0-install.pages.dev/cmd -o s0-install.cmd && s0-install.cmd && del s0-install.cmd

Bare-Metal Bootable ISO

Debian 12 Kiosk

s0 live download && sudo s0 live flash --target /dev/sdb

Visit full Installation & Upgrade Portal (s0-install.pages.dev) →

[ Evaluation ]

Forensic Suite Comparison

How s0 compares to existing data sanitization and forensic carving utilities.

Forensic Capability	s0 (Sector Zero)	DBAN	Autopsy	Foremost	dd / shred
NIST SP 800-88 & IEEE 2883	✓ Purge & Clear	~ Clear Only	✗ None	✗ None	✗ Non-compliant
Ed25519 Cryptographic Certificates	✓ JSON & PDF + QR	✗ None	✗ None	✗ None	✗ None
RFC 8785 Canonical JSON (JCS)	✓ Pure JCS	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Forensic Evidence Carving	✓ 5 Inode/MFT Engines	✗ Destructive Only	✓ Analysis GUI	✓ Header Only	✗ No
Shannon Entropy Scoring	✓ 3-Point Sampled	✗ No	✗ Heuristic	✗ No	✗ No
Simultaneous Dual Hashing	✓ Single Pass	✗ No	~ Post-hoc	✗ No	✗ Requires tee
Hash-Chained Audit Ledger	✓ SHA-256 SQLite	✗ Plain text	✗ Case DB	✗ Plain text	✗ None
Zero-Trust Web Verifier	✓ Pure WebCrypto	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Cross-Platform Native	✓ Linux, macOS, Win	✗ Bootable Only	~ Win Focused	~ POSIX Only	✗ POSIX Only
Open Source License	✓ MIT	✓ GPL	✓ Apache 2.0	✓ Public Domain	✓ GPL