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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

Summary

In this chapter, we have gone over standard email protocols: the system uses SMTP to send emails, while POP and IMAP are used to receive emails. IMAP also includes features that the user can use to manage the inbox. We went over the email header and the components that make up the header. We also discussed WebMail and email clients.

You now have the skills necessary to read an email header and determine the servers that the user used to transmit the email and what protocols the system used to send and receive the email. When conducting a digital forensic examination, you can now identify artifacts from typical email clients and web-based emails.

In the next chapter, you will learn about the similarities between web-based email clients.