Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory

Foreword

Once upon a time, there came along some bright folks who invented a machine we now call the computer.

Initially, computers were massive, test-tube-loaded, hot-running monsters that were kept in air conditioned rooms which were so cold they could double as meat storage lockers if the computers didn't give off so much heat. Well, that was true in the twentieth century, and since then computers have become cooler, cheaper, more powerful, and smaller as the microprocessors—the heart of these machines—also became cheaper, more powerful, and smaller. As a result, computers were able to move from those air conditioned labs to businesses and even homes around the world.

Then, some other smart folks decided to connect computers into networks, ...