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NumDueReading
1Sept 13
  • Data In The Computer
  • CF Overview (PDF)
  • 2Sept 15
  • File Compression
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 1 (PDF)
  • 3Sept 20
  • US v. Scarfo Case (Breaking Encrypted Files).
    The "Background" section is Mandatory, the "Discussion" section is optional.
  • DES Encryption . Read all parts except the long
    part called "How DES Works in Detail"
    this part you should just skim to appreciate the detail,
    but you are not expected to learn it.
  • Steganography Overview
  • 4Sept 22
  • Digital Signatures
  • Moussaoui Case (20th Sept 11 Terrorist) Case History
  • FBI's Authentication of Computer Evidence In Maoussaoi Case
  • 5Sept 27
  • How Computers Work: CPU and Memory
  • How Computers Work: Disks and Storage
  • 6Sept 29
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 4 (PDF)
  • 7Oct 4
  • FAT File system
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 3.0 - 3.2 Part G (pages 25-30) (PDF)
  • 8Oct 6
  • Disk Imaging
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 5 (PDF)
  • 9Oct 11
  • Evidence Eliminator Product
  • Evidence Eliminator Features
  • US v. Bass 2005 Case (Word)
  • 10Oct 13
  • Password Cracking
  • US v. Grosenheider Case Part 1
  • Optional : US v. Grosenheider Case Part 2
  • 11Oct 18
  • Web Caching
  • Tucker Case - Short version
  • Optional
  • 12Oct 20
  • Email Law
  • 13Oct 25
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 2 (PDF)
  • EnCase Software (PDF)
  • 14Oct 27
  • EnCase Legal Journal The rest of Chapter 3 (PDF)
  • 15Nov 1
  • EnCase Legal Journal Chapter 7 (PDF)
  • 16Nov 3
  • Computer Networks 1
  • Computer Networks 2
  • 17Nov 8
  • DoJ Manual Chapter 3
  • 19Nov 10
  • DoJ Manual Chapter 4
  • Carnivore
  • 20Nov 15
  • How Email Works
  • Tracing Email
  • Email Tracing Case (MS Word)
  • 21Nov 22
  • Bots Story
  • Chat and IM Forensics (Word)
  • Marreel Case (Word)
  • Optional (but interesting) Adair Online Threat Case (Word)
  • 22Nov 29
  • DoJ Manual Chapters 1 (A,B,C only; not D) and 2.
  • 23Dec 1
  • Your assigned case
  • Review DoJ Manual Chapter 2.