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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

Computer Forensics, being a broad topic, involves a variety of skills which will involve seizing electronic evidence, acquiring data from electronic evidence, data analysis, and finally developing a forensic report. This book will help you to build up the skills you need to work in a highly technical environment. This book's ideal goal is to get you up and running with forensics tools and techniques to successfully investigate crime and corporate misconduct. You will discover ways to collect personal information about an individual from online sources. You will also learn how criminal investigations are performed online while preserving data such as e-mails, images, and videos that may be important to a case. You will further explore networking and understand Network Topologies, IP Addressing, and Network Devices. Finally, you will how to write a proper forensic report, the most exciting portion of the forensic exam process. By the end of this book, you will have developed a clear understanding of how to acquire, analyze, and present digital evidence, like a proficient computer forensics investigator.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Index

A

active partition 122

addressing schemes, IPv6

anycast addresses 352

multicast addresses 352

unique local addresses 352

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 355

Advanced Forensics Format (AFF) 100

Aeon Timeline 176

American Kennel Club (AKC) 335

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) 178

analysis process 56, 57

antivirus 62-66

dates and time zones 57

file signature analysis 60-62

hash analysis 57-60

antivirus 62-66

application layer (Layer 7), OSI model 345

application layer protocols

Domain Name Service (DNS) (TCP port 53, UDP port 53) 353

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (UDP port 67) 353

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (TCP ports 20 and 21) 352

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (TCP port 80) 353

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) (TCP port 443) 353

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) (TCP port 3389) 353

Secure Shell (SSH) (TCP port 22) 352

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