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The '''National Software Reference Library''' (NSRL), is a project of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST) which maintains a repository of known software, file profiles and file signatures for use by law enforcement and other organizations involved with computer forensic investigations. The project is supported by the [[United States Department of Justice]]'s [[National Institute of Justice]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), [[Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory]] (DCFL), the [[U.S. Customs Service]], software vendors, and state and local law enforcement.<ref name=NSRL-RDS>{{cite web|title=NIST Special Database 28 (RDS)|url=http://www.nist.gov/srd/nistsd28.cfm|work=National Software Reference Library (NSRL)|publisher=[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]|accessdate=7 April 2012}}</ref>

==Components==

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The collection of original software media is maintained in order to provide repeatability of the calculated hash values, ensuring admissibility of this data in [[court]].

In 2004 the NSRL released a set of hashes for verifying [[eVoting]] software, as part of the US [[Election Assistance Commission]]'s Electronic Voting Security Strategy.<ref name="cw" />

As of October 1, 2013 the Reference Data Set is at version 2.42 and contains over 33.9 million unique hash values. The [[data set]] is available at no cost to the public.<ref name="readme" />

==See also==

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==References==

{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="mead" >{{cite journal|author=Steve Mead|title=Unique file identification in the National Software Reference Library|journal=Digital Investigation|volume=3|issue=3|date=September 2006|pages=138–150|issn=1742-2876|doi=10.1016/j.diin.2006.08.010. |url=http://www.nsrl.nist.gov/documents/analysis/draft-060530.pdf |doi=10.1016/j.diin.2006.08.010}}</ref>

<ref name="readme">{{cite web|url=http://www.nsrl.nist.gov/RDS/rds_2.42/READ_ME.txt|title=RDS Readme.txt|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="cw">{{cite web|last=Verton|first=Dan|title=Feds Issue Test Copies of E-voting Software|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/97070/Feds_Issue_Test_Copies_of_E_voting_Software|publisher=Computer World|accessdate=1 September 2010}}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{official website|http://www.nsrl.nist.gov/}}

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