August, 2006
by Bhushan Shah, NII Consulting
Mrs Carol L. Stimmel has taken upon her to start a Computer Forensic Volunteer Project to provide low-cost services to those who cannot assert advantage from our skills.
Here is a bit taken from the press release:-
“As expert members of the international computer forensics community which provides unique and highly desirable services to the legal system, we assume a responsibility to provide services to those in need yet unable to pay. As a result, the Computer Forensics Volunteer Project (CFVP) provides pro bono and low-cost forensic services to individuals and organizations who normally would not be able to take advantage of the distinct litigation advantage provided by these techniques.”
On behalf of NII Consulting I have volunteered to take part in the project and would like to help people who cannot afford such services.
July, 2006
By Kush Wadhwa, NII Consulting
Welcome to the world of log analysis. Log analysis plays a crucial role in intrusion detection. If the compromised system is running on Linux platform one of the first steps which the investigator will perform is the analysis of log files.
Linux has an ability to store the logs of different services like for apache, squid logs, syslogs, and cron logs. These logs help users to resolve different problems and auditing of user actions. In this article we will talk about apache logs & squid logs since they are very closely related to each other and we will also see how to read apache & squid log files.
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June, 2006
by Chetan Gupta, NII Consulting
A small experiment…Create a new text file. Edit it using Notepad and type “Hello” in it. save and exit the editor. Right click the file and check its properties. Did you notice the two attributes “Size” and “Size on disk”. It looks something like this on my Windows XP system
Size: 5 bytes (5 bytes)
Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
Have you ever wondered why this difference? If the size of file contents is only 5 bytes, why are the remaining bytes assigned to the file? Do they serve any purpose? Well, atleast not to any average user of computer systems!
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