The lectures and practicals are shared between myself (GR) and Robert Ludwiniack (RL). See the annotations on the teaching plan for how the course is split up.
This structure and other information should be considered a draft. All this is subject to change without notice until it is presented in a lecture.
| Week | Subject | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Introduction/Linux basics (GR) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash Linuxzoo Video: flash |
| The module, the tutorials, the lecturers. Basic linux. | |||
| 3 | Users, Permissions, Processes, Pipes (GR) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| UID, GID, passwd, devices, chmod, link | |||
| 4 | Basic Administration Concepts (GR) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Booting, Disks and Partitions, user management | |||
| 5 | Basic Apache and Log analysis (GR) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Web server configuration and log files | |||
| 6 | Hacking, Security, and Metadata (GR) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Hacking examples and methodologies, plus information trust | |||
| 7 | Introduction to Forensics (RL) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Basic introduction | |||
| *** The Linux Class Test runs in this practical slot. | |||
| 8 | Storage Devices and File Systems (RL) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| ... | |||
| 9 | Partition information and File Metadata (RL) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Indepth analysis of disk structures | |||
| 10 | Web browsing forensics (RL) | PPT PDF | Slides Video: flash / mp4 |
| Consider a user's web browsing actions | |||
| 11 | Disk forensics and triage(Bill Buchanan) | Video | |
| Disk forensics and triage | |||
| 12 | Windows Registry + Timeline (RL) | PPT PDF | - |
| See how Window's stores program data. | |||
| 13 | Case Study (RL) | Interactive Demo | - |
| A lecturer-driven case study walkthrough | |||
| *** Linux Practical Test Essay Resit Deadline. | |||
| 14 | Forensic report due | - | |