The Study of Computer Forensics on Linux

Nowadays, computer crime is becoming more and more prevalent. It has the characteristic of high technology, hard to be found and rapid spreading. It brings challenges to computer forensics. Computer forensics focuses on collecting and analyzing various evidences for these crimes. It is far different from the traditional forensics, and becoming more and more hot in enterprise and academic. This paper describes the current state as well as future trends in the research of computer forensics, and illustrates the support mechanism for computer forensics in Linux as a typical platform of widely used software system.