RCS can be set to communicate with other RCS systems to send or receive evidence received from agents.
There are two possible communication scenarios:
The one-many architecture layout is provided below:
Figure 1: One to many RCS architecture layout: logical layout
The many-one architecture layout is provided below:
Figure 2: Many to one RCS architecture: logical layout
An RCS sender system (both in one-many and many-one architecture) is a complete RCS system. It includes the installation of a Collector and any other additional and optional components that allow for evidence to be received from agents installed on target devices. See "RCS system architecture"
Data transfer to one or more receiver RCS is set with RCS Console using connection rules, see "Connector management".
The main purpose of an RCS receiver system (in both many-one and one-many architecture) is to display and process evidence. The evidence it has is only received from one or more RCS sender systems, never directly from agents.
The main operations enabled in RCS Console are those that concern evidence management and processing. On the other hand, agents are fully managed and set by the RCS sender system. The main components are Master Node, RCS Console and any additional shards.
NOTE: if data is received from a single RCS system, the only evidence that is displayed and can be processed are those from its own investigations. If data is received from several RCS systems, all evidence is displayed and can be cross-processed by several investigations.
Data is received organized and named as set in the sender system's RCS Console. However, names can be changed to be better interpreted without creating communication problems between systems.
If data is received from several RCS systems, data arrive linked to the RCS sender system identifier.
NOTE: RCS receiver systems require a specific user license.
The full installation sequence is provided below:
Step | Action | See |
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1 |
Install Master Node. |
"RCS server installation" |
2 |
Check installation logs. |
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3 |
Make sure Master Node services have started. |
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4 |
Install RCS Console. |
"RCS Console installation" |
5 | Install any additional shards. | "Additional component installation" |
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