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Aggregating Temporal Forensic Data Across Archival Digital Media

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Guymager ∙ dcfldd ∙ cdrdao ∙ bulk_extractor ∙ bulk_extractor Viewer ∙ fiwalk ∙ The Sleuth Kit ∙ libewf ∙ AFFLIB ∙ pyExifToolGUI ∙ ClamAV / ClamTK ∙ FSlint ∙ sdhash ∙ HFS Utilities ∙ FITS ∙ readpst ∙ recoll ∙ GTK Hash ∙ GHex ∙ Safe Mount

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Timeline Data

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The Vasulka Collection

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Woody Vasulka, Computer studies, Untitled (“DDORISK.jpg”). vasulka.org/Woody/computerstudies/WOODY90/pages/DDORISK.html vasulka.org/Woody/computerstudies/WOODY90/pages/FDSKINS.html Woody Vasulka, Computer studies, Untitled (“FDSKINS.jpg”).

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File System Events 0 500 1000 1500 2000 1980 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2008 2010 2012 Last modified (HFS) Last written Last accessed Created

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Timeline Benefits • Navigation
 • Trends
 • Context

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Timeline Complications • Provenance
 • Timestamp Value Variance
 • File System Variance

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Conclusions • Often “dormant” data
 • Research usually
 not in a legal context
 • Builds on existing
 best practice

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Thank You! Walker Sampson Digital Archivist University of Colorado Boulder [email protected] wsampson.wordpress.com