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Vista For Forensic Investigators

Posted by kdawson on from the recovering-it dept.

Ant writes "SecurityFocus has a two-part article offering a high-level look at changes in Windows Vista that a computer forensic investigator needs to know about. Part 1 covers the different versions of Vista available and Vista's built-in encryption, backup, and system protection features. Part 2 continues with a look at typical user activities such as Web browser and email usage."

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  1. Vista is for criminals, it assists encryption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If someone uses encryption, then obviously they are trying to hide somthing illegal or unlawful.

    In Linux, encryption is done with unusual and special commands in conjuction with mounting a "loop" device to a filesystem; requiring administrator privileges to try to encrypt data like that, and adding to the subversion of a system with evidence of a corrupt administrator.

    What kind of administrator would allow encryption on a filesystem? Obviously, a criminal.

    Information is meant to be free, and open source. Encryption is somthing we would expect Mycrow$oft to use to help criminals be found by the good god-fearing men and women of the DEA/FBI/CIA/GATT/IMF/IRS just to atone for their sins.

    Good people use OSX.

    Call me,
      Eve.

  2. Wow. by eviloverlordx · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would've figured that the investigators' computers would be too slow from running Vista to investigate much of anything.

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  3. I find it funny. by figleaf · · Score: 3, Funny

    that the article mentions Slashdot and Register as a reference for a Microsoft OS.

  4. Re:If they want to bust you, they will by mboverload · · Score: 2, Funny

    IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE THEN YOU WON'T MIND US LOOKING THROUGH YOUR BROWSER HISTORY, MR NINE

    *mboverload is sad because he hears these arguments from people but doesn't know how to fight against it. Someone help.*

  5. Re:No encryption by default by mboverload · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Do you really think it's beyond Microsoft to program in a covert channel that transmits sensitive data back to them or another party?

    Yes.

  6. How's the Vista from there? by FMota91 · · Score: 1, Funny

    How are they going to find anything looking through Windows?

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  7. Re:No encryption by default by sunwukong · · Score: 3, Funny

    They could be sending credit card numbers, or SSNs, or your personal files, or your porn, or even every single piece of data on your computer!

    I've never read a more self-redundant sentence.