[Nottingham] [Fwd: CovLUG technical meeting, Tuesday 20th October: Computer forensics]

[Martin]

Martin wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Looks like an interesting talk at a neighbouring group:

Anyone going to be going over to this?

Lift shares??

Cheers,
Martin


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> Subject: CovLUG technical meeting, Tuesday 20th October: Computer forensics
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:59:58 +0100
> From: Darren Austin <lists at afterdark.org.uk>
> 
> 
> [ Please disseminate to any LUGs or groups that may be interested :) ]
> 
> Hi,
>    The next CovLUG technical meeting is Tuesday 20th October 2009.
> 
> == Topic ==
> Synopsis by our guest speaker, Adrian Shaw, a computer forensics expert
> with the Police:
> I will take a high level view of the use of Linux in computer forensics.
> The presentation will be free-form allowing the audience to decide which
> areas they want to know more about. I will talk about the challenges
> faced by people working in the computer forensics field and the
> potential for Linux Live disks to cope with those problems. I will also
> be demonstrating a number of open source tools that are useful for not
> only computer forensics but also data recovery. I will show people how
> to recover lost partitions on Linux and Windows boxes as well as files
> that have been deleted but still exist on the disk. I will also discuss
> some strategies for dealing with hard disks that have mechanical
> problems (strategies that don't involve freezing or boiling the hard
> disk!). There will be a question and answer session at the end of the talk.
> 
> == Arrangements ==
> Our technical evenings are split in to two parts:
> * Firstly, we invite everyone along to a friendly, relaxed meal at Pizza 
> Hut in Coventry City Centre starting at 7:00PM.  Everyone is welcome to 
> join us, but you don't have to come along to the meal to attend the 
> talk/demo later on.  You are welcome to attend even if you don't want to 
> eat - several people come along and just have coffee or drinks and join 
> in on the chatting.
> 
>    These meals are usually a great place to get advice and help with 
> problems or to ask any questions you may have.  They are completely 
> informal and a wide variety of subjects (not limited to Linux and Open 
> Source) are discuseed.
> 
> * The second half of the evening is our talk/demo and takes place in a 
> large private function room at a friendly bar/club in Coventry City 
> Centre.
>    The "formal" part of the evening begins at 9:00PM, and is expected to 
> last an hour and a half (two hours if we run on a little bit!).  Please 
> try to arrive 10 minutes early so that we can begin at 9:00PM.
> 
>    The venue has free onsite parking for people visiting the club, and 
> does not mind people parking there whilst they join us for food (as long 
> as you then return to the club later on, obviously!).  The club is 
> approx 5 minutes walk from Pizza Hut.
> 
> == Venues ==
> * Pizza Hut
>      Address: Lower Precinct, Coventry City Centre.
>      Map: 
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Lower+Precinct,+Coventry,+West+Midlands+CV1,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.478806,35.200195&ie=UTF8&lr=lang_en&cd=1&geocode=FVuvHwMdhuXo_w&split=0&ll=52.4081,-1.515512&spn=0.006283,0.017188&z=16
>      Arrangements: Look for a group of geeky looking people :)
> 
> * Technical Venue
>      Address: The Royal Warwick Club, Tower Street, Coventry City Centre.
>      Map: 
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CV1+1JS&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.478806,35.200195&ie=UTF8&ll=52.412891,-1.508968&spn=0.006282,0.017188&z=16
>      Streetview: 
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CV1+1JS&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.478806,35.200195&ie=UTF8&ll=52.412564,-1.509354&spn=0.006283,0.017188&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=52.412454,-1.50943&panoid=0--YNAC28WVK5gIBkmJJQw&cbp=12,79.89,,0,5.85
>      Arrangements: To find us in the club, use the buzzer at the door; 
> go up the stairs to the bar; get yourself a drink (and me a Brown Split 
> :P)    and ask the chaps at the bar to direct you to the Linux Users' Group.
> 
> Hope to see some new faces on Tuesday! :)
> 
> Darren.



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Martin Lomas
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