Providing Cryptographic Security and Evidentiary Chain-of-Custody with the Advanced Forensic Format, Library, and Tools

Abstract

This paper presents improvements in the Advanced Forensics Format Library version 3 that provide for digital signatures and other cryptographic protections for digital evidence, allowing an investigator to establish a reliable chain-of-custody for electronic evidence from the crime scene to the court room. No other system for handling and storing electronic evidence currently provides such capabilities. This paper discusses implementation details, user level commands, and the AFFLIB programmer's API.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA486255

Entities

People

  • Simson Garfinkel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Asymetric Encryption
  • Computational Forensics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Database Systems and Applications

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Microelectronics