Computer Forensics Daily Messages Board
Oct.11 - Continue internet browser
Oct. 6 - Which browser is the quickest?
Use this timer program to find the answer.
Save the timer to your XP desktop.
- Which of the four internet browsers start up
(cold boot) the quickest? Use USATODAY.COM
- Which of the four internet browsers navigate from page to page the quickest?
Go to CNN.com then to MSNBC.COM and then to FOXNEWS.COM
- Which of the four internet browsers have the quickest warm boot time? Use
USATODAY.COM
Oct. 5 - Install Google Chrome, Mozilla
Firefox, and Apple Safari on your virtual machine.
Oct. 4 - Continue Quiz from Friday.
Sept.30 -
Quiz on Hosts Files
Sept.29 - Continue Hosts files and DNS
Client and learn how to create multiple Hosts files
Sept.28 - Intro to Hosts Files. Use
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm as a reference. Quiz Friday.
Sept.27 -
Begin basic internet/networking commands such as ping, pathping,
tracert and netstat.
Sept.26 - Begin Internet Forensics. IP
addresses, DNS Servers, Proxies, etc.
| DNS | Domain Name Server |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| VoIP | Voice Over IP |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| Proxy |
A Liaison Server |
· Sept.22 - All three updates to your XP virtual machine should be completed today. Begin Optical Drives
| Optical means laser | |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc - Read Only Memory 700mb |
| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc 4.7gb or 8.7gb DL |
| BD | Blu-Ray 25gb or 50gb DL |
| Hi-Def Video (1080p) | |
| PS3 Games | |
| HD DVD | DEAD! |
|
All discs spin and are rated at RPM |
|
| The limit of a DVD spinning is 10000 RPM | |
| Trivia | All optical discs are holographic except for one type. |
Sept.20 - Windows XP Update Day -
please go to this
link and install the following on your virtual machine - Service Pack 3,
Internet Explorer 8, and Microsoft Security Essentials. These programs will be
checked after tomorrow's quiz.
Sept.19 - Begin VMWare setup using XP Pro SP2.
Sept.16 - Create a
Twitter account for
yourself. Make sure you begin to follow the class Twitter account of
@SJCICIS.