Email & Instant Messaging Investigations & Tracking
A DVD featuring Andrew Obuchowski, Jr., a police officer who has a degree in computer forensics, teaches at Anna Marie College, and is a member of a Computer Crime Task Force.
Table of Contents
- Internet Basics
- What is the Internet?
- Getting Online
- Internet Service Providers (ISP)
- Types of connections
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Definition
- IP Addresses
- Static
- Dynamic
- DNS Records
- Examples
- Instant Messaging Investigations
- File Transfer Protocol
- Web
- Dos
- Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Sharing files/music between computers
- Download file from user(s)
- WinMx, Bear Share, ABC, Kazaa
- Chat
- Pedophile and XXX haven
- Public/private chat rooms
- Exchange files/photos
- Public profiles
- Instant Messaging (IM)
- Includes text, sounds, videos and pictures
- Rooms frequently change
- Used to traffic in illegal activity
- IM: Recording & Investigating
- Step-by-step instructions to recording and reporting
- Email Investigations
- Email
- Most widely used
- Finding geographical location
- Most investigations involve email
- Hiding identity
- Email addresses
- Identifying users
- Examples
- Post Office Protocol (POP)
- Protocol for receiving email
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Protocol for sending email
- Examples
- Tracing Email
- Original file needed
- Can't forward email
- Some information is difficult to forge
- Must view full email header
- Examples
- Reading Email Headers
- Mail server distributes email
- Message may be passed to computers hosting email before reaching destination
- Email Body Reading
- HTML email
- Links may be disguised
- See hyperlink address
- Anonymous Remailers &Proxy Servers
- Common practices of re-mailers
- Common practices of proxy servers
- Recording Email Evidence
- Saving and printing email.
- Web based options
- Email Investigation Summary
- Locating originating IP address
- Finding information for IP address
- Sending preservation letter
- Government process for information
- Obtaining Information from an ISP
- Two important items for investigation
- Search warrant/subpoena necessary
- Multiple ISP's/multiple suspects
- Dial-up ISP's recycle IP addresses
- Simple Sites/Tools
DVD Price: $85.00
No. S1306
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