Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. Third International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2011, Dublin, Ireland, October 26-28, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Evaluating the Forensic Image Generator Generator

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_20,
        author={Christian Moch and Felix Freiling},
        title={Evaluating the Forensic Image Generator Generator},
        proceedings={Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. Third International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2011, Dublin, Ireland, October 26-28, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={ICDF2C},
        year={2012},
        month={12},
        keywords={forensic images privacy protection forensic computing education},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_20}
    }
    
  • Christian Moch
    Felix Freiling
    Year: 2012
    Evaluating the Forensic Image Generator Generator
    ICDF2C
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_20
Christian Moch1,*, Felix Freiling1,*
  • 1: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
*Contact email: christian.moch@cs.fau.de, felix.freiling@cs.fau.de

Abstract

The Forensic Image Generator Generator (Forensig) is a system that allows to produce file system images for training in forensic computing. We report experiences of using Forensig within a course on forensic computing. Apart from revealing the pitfalls when using artificially generated images in class, we argue that they can be used to quantify the difficulty of an analysis problem and, in turn, help to understand misinterpretation issues in practice.