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Book: File System Forensic Analysis :: Book
Date: Friday, 21 November, 2008 :: 00:42
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File System Forensic Analysis
List Price: USD $59.99
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Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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This is an advanced cookbook and reference guide for digital forensic practitioners. File System Forensic Analysis focuses on the file system and disk. The file system of a computer is where most files are stored and where most evidence is found; it also the most technically challenging part of forensic analysis. This book offers an overview and detailed knowledge of the file system and disc layout. The overview will allow an investigator to more easily find evidence, recover deleted data, and validate his tools. The cookbook section will show how to use the many open source tools for analysis, many of which Brian Carrier has developed himself.
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Average Customer Review: 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Fantastic
Date: 2008-05-28 -
Comment: I've been in IT for over 25 years, and in that time I've read a lot of technical books. "File System Forensic Analysis" is not only the best book I have read on computer forensics, it's probably the best technical work in ANY field I've ever read. It's thoroughly researched, clearly written, and contains virtually no fluff. The numerous rave reviews it has received are well-deserved.
My only quibble is the short, but seemingly gratuitous section on hexadecimal and decimal arithmetic. If you're ready for this book, you'll already know this stuff. But, that's only a few pages in a book that's otherwise packed with real substance.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Superb!!
Date: 2008-05-14 -
Comment: I can't say enough good things about this book and author. The material is beautifully laid out and the writing style is fluid and effortless. The author has a real talent for using metaphors and figures to illustrate elusive concepts.
All but the very rarest file systems are covered, and numerous 'screenshots' show how to use the Linux command prompt and get your hands dirty exploring disks on your own.
While this book is a gold standard for digital forensic examiners, it would also be valuable to the computer enthusiast who's interested in things such as what happens to their hard drive when they format it, exactly what happens during the boot process, etc.
I've had 3 courses in digital forensics, and this book gives an in-depth discussion of disk level concepts (HPA, FAT, MFT, etc) that were merely glossed over in my formal studies.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Great resource
Date: 2007-10-14 -
Comment: Great resource on file systems and file system data structures, although I wish it covered Apple's HFS+.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: The bible for File System Forensics
Date: 2007-08-15 -
Comment: Great Book. Great job Brian. A must have in your bookshelf if you are serious about computer forensics.
It only lacks two things to be perfect: a reiserfs and a HFS+ sections.
Only an error. GPT partition schema isn't used only in big servers. New Intel Macintoshes use it by default for their boot drive.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: super
Date: 2007-03-08 -
Comment: Thanks a lot, we are very happy to have this book in our library!
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