Anybody take Intro to Computer Foresics -3253
 

Thinking about picking up an evening class in the fall for giggles... this sounds fun...

Anybody know what it consists of?

Never heard of it.

I can't imagine what they could teach you in a semester on this topic.

Kind of what I was wondering... Going to email the department head as there isn't an instructor listed... Rumor has it that an OSBI agent teaches it...

Sounds like it's an intro to run-of-the-mill techniques for data recovery and researching a person's online presence. You don't even really have to know how to do much anymore: there's software available that does it all for you.

It'll probably be interesting, but it won't land you a job with the FBI. This is the kind of stuff local PDs do (and usually rather poorly).

Not looking for a job at the FBI really... I mean my major is Pharmacy so its rather irrelevant...

Just sounded cool and I thought it would be an easy A....

It probably would be...

I have a book on computer security from the late 1970's. One of the main focuses was on fire damage and keeping the door to the tape and disk room locked.

That's funny. Keep the cards away from your cigarettes :)

Anyone can run a utility, but you have to know what, how and why to use the tool. I wish they offered stuff like this when I was an undergrad. I only had to choose from VB or C++.

I'm trying to learn Java right now. It's a goofy language. It uses every kind of bracket, and strings are implemented as arrays.

Legion... Ever look at PHP pattern matching strings? SHoot me in the HEAD! Good thing is that independant PHP coders are super cheap right now...

Never touched PHP.

Exchanged emails with the instructor today... Going to see him tomorrow....

Went and saw the guy... I was not aware that the OSBI had an office on campus... But the instructor is a badge and gun weaning OSBI agent...

I know a guy that took a few courses like this at the expense of the Police Dept where he was a detective.....Once trained, he quit his job and went into business for himself.....Makes very good money, usually works for attorneys.

The teacher was telling me about some class they are going to offer that would end in a certification test.... Something I might look into if I have the space in my schedule...

I might be a valuable asset to certain agencies... With a PharmD and some computer forensics abilities....

Or the Russian Mob. (Why limit your options?) ;)

I didn't say said agencies where on the right side of the law...

Sounds like a fun class, I'd take it on the side if it was offered around here, unfortunately it's only C++ and Java which I've taken already. Ironically though as a Cs major I HATE programming.

My programming professor called PhP Perfectly Horrible Programming.

So an SQL statement goes in to a bar, walks up to two tables, and asks:


Mind if I join you?

:D

Doode, get with the times! Fixed it for ya. :D