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Linux and Forensic Discovery

Posted by michael on from the dd-a-double-edged-sword dept.

Max Pyziur writes "Found this on cryptome.org where Linux is cited in a DOJ document against Moussaoui (sometimes referred to as the "20th man"). FBI: Moussaoui E-mail Not Recoverable - January 1, 2003." An interesting read which gives some insight into how computer evidence is handled in court.

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  1. Re:This is a great example... by craenor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    huh? my comment hasn't been moderated. It started at +2 and is still at +2 as of this writing...

  2. Re:Oh Please! by WWWWolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    How is this news?

    How many times I've been thinking "Oh, people are again Tuning with some expensive and clumsy programs, if they would have been using *NIX this would have been a lot easier." ... well, in this case, they actually did the Obvious Thing: used dd to copy image of a drive. =)

    "If I had been making an image of the disk, I would have used dd... oh, wait, they used dd. Never mind."

    But yes, still hardly newsworthy.

  3. Re:Secure File Deletion by nomadic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Note to slashdot users:

    Nobody is interested enough in your files to use an electron microscope to reconstruct the bit patterns.