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Network forensics

Network forensics

From the course: Cybersecurity Foundations: Computer Forensics

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Network forensics

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- [Instructor] Network forensics investigates crimes in cyberspace. It focuses on analyzing and monitoring network traffic data exchanged between computing devices with unique addresses. To be able to conduct network forensics tasks, you need to develop significant knowledge in computer networking. Some of the topics to master include the roles of network hardware like switches, routers, and hosts, and various network layers such as physical, data link and application. Others are concepts. A prime example is network architecture, which decides how to assemble different networking hardware components using specific technologies. Understanding a network architecture is equivalent to acquiring a map, which is essential for the searches you need to conduct in a maze of various network devices and appliances. Besides learning the hardware, layers and concepts, becoming proficient with networking software is another crucial…

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