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Line 16: ==Reference Data Set== The NSRL collects [[software]] from various sources and computes [[message digest]]s from them. The digests are stored in the Reference Data Set (RDS) which can be used to identify "known" files on digital media. This will help alleviate much of the effort involved in determining which files are important as [[evidence]] on computers or file systems that have been seized as part of criminal investigations.<ref name="mead" /> Although the RDS hashset contains some malicious software (such as [[steganography]] and [[~~hacking~~Hacker (computer security)\|hacking]] tools) it does not contain illicit material (e.g. indecent images). NIST maintains a collection of original software media in order to provide repeatability of the calculated hash values, ensuring admissibility of this data in [[court]].

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