File System Forensic Analysis
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Preface
Roadmap
Scope of Book
Resources
Acknowledgments
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1. Digital Investigation Foundations
Digital Investigations and Evidence
Digital Crime Scene Investigation Process
Data Analysis
Overview of Toolkits
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 2. Computer Foundations
Data Organization
Booting Process
Hard Disk Technology
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 3. Hard Disk Data Acquisition
Introduction
Reading the Source Data
Writing the Output Data
A Case Study Using dd
Summary
Bibliography
Part II: Volume Analysis
Chapter 4. Volume Analysis
Introduction
Background
Analysis Basics
Summary
Chapter 5. PC-based Partitions
DOS Partitions
Analysis Considerations
Apple Partitions
Removable Media
Bibliography
Chapter 6. Server-based Partitions
BSD Partitions
Sun Solaris Slices
GPT Partitions
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 7. Multiple Disk Volumes
RAID
Disk Spanning
Bibliography
Part III: File System Analysis
Chapter 8. File System Analysis
What is a File System?
File System Category
Content Category
Metadata Category
File Name Category
Application Category
Application-level Search Techniques
Specific File Systems
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 9. FAT Concepts and Analysis
Introduction
File System Category
Content Category
Metadata Category
File Name Category
The Big Picture
Other Topics
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 10. FAT Data Structures
Boot Sector
FAT32 FSINFO
FAT
Directory Entries
Long File Name Directory Entries
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 11. NTFS Concepts
Introduction
Everything is a File
MFT Concepts
MFT Entry Attribute Concepts
Other Attribute Concepts
Indexes
Analysis Tools
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 12. NTFS Analysis
File System Category
Content Category
Metadata Category
File Name Category
Application Category
The Big Picture
Other Topics
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 13. NTFS Data Structures
Basic Concepts
Standard File Attributes
Index Attributes and Data Structures
File System Metadata Files
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 14. Ext2 and Ext3 Concepts and Analysis
Introduction
File System Category
Content Category
Metadata Category
File Name Category
Application Category
The Big Picture
Other Topics
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 15. Ext2 and Ext3 Data Structures
Superblock
Group Descriptor Tables
Block Bitmap
Inodes
Extended Attributes
Directory Entry
Symbolic Link
Hash Trees
Journal Data Structures
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 16. UFS1 and UFS2 Concepts and Analysis
Introduction
File System Category
Content Category
Metadata Category
File Name Category
The Big Picture
Other Topics
Summary
Bibliography
Chapter 17. UFS1 and UFS2 Data Structures
UFS1 Superblock
UFS2 Superblock
Cylinder Group Summary
UFS1 Group Descriptor
UFS2 Group Descriptor
Block and Fragment Bitmaps
UFS1 Inodes
UFS2 Inodes
UFS2 Extended Attributes
Directory Entries
Summary
Bibliography
Appendix A. The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy
The Sleuth Kit
Autopsy
Bibliography
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