Linux and Forensic Discovery

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Posted by michael on Wednesday January 1, 2003 @08:02AM 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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fp by danielsmc · 2003-01-01 08:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yay
Okkay... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-01 08:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is news for nerds, because? Did he use a PDA to communicate, did he build a beowulf cluster; is he evil and thereby enjoys using windows?
In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-01 08:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Linux runs forensics analysis on YOUR ass!
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to by stevejsmith · 2003-01-01 08:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Could the fact that the e-mail was unrecoverable be due to the fact that a hamster is powering their web server and had a heart attack (read: Slashdotted) after three posts?
37? My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks. by FunkyELF · 2003-01-01 08:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

in a row?
Re:This is a great example... by craenor · 2003-01-01 08:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

huh? my comment hasn't been moderated. It started at +2 and is still at +2 as of this writing...
I'm suprised the Mac zealots aren't saying! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-01 08:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Look! Terrorists don't use Macintoshes!
Re:Oh Please! by WWWWolf · 2003-01-01 09:23 · 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.
Re:Secure File Deletion by nomadic · 2003-01-01 10:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Note to slashdot users:

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