RE: chat logs

["Beauford, Jason" <jbeauford () EightInOnePet com>]

Here is some information regarding Internet Browser Forensics:

It's a bit OT, but relevent in your case as you may want to ask parents
to view what their kids have been looking at on the Internet (i.e.
Bombmaking, Guns, etc.)

Great article on Browser Forensics:

Part 1: Focuses on Internet Explorer
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1827

Part 2: Focuses on Firefox
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1832

-jmb



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve [mailto:securityfocus () delahunty com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:17 PM
To: Melissa Fischer; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: chat logs


Good luck in your search and my thoughts are with your community that
this all turns out fine without incident.

Most high school students will use AOL's instant messenger for chat.  I
did some quick research and did not see much on checking logs for AOL
instant messenger but perhaps others on the list can help.

See the web browser history log check recommendations here:
http://www.perverted-justice.com/guide/?pg=parents

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/onlinesafety.html
"In addition, the Internet browser (such as Internet Explorer, Netscape,
or America Online) that children use to surf the web automatically
tracks useful information. Parents can easily review the browser
"history" file to see approximately 20 sites that have been most
recently visited by that browser. Parents can use this Internet history
function by clicking on the small downward shaped arrow in the address
box of their Internet browser. Along similar lines, parents can search
their computer's Internet "cache" files, which are system resources that
store a longer list of recently visited Internet sites. The simplest way
for parents to access the cache files is search for the word "cache"
using the computer system's search function; the search function is
typically found in the start menu in the bottom left hand corner of the
computer screen. Parents can gather information using their computer's
"cookies" records as well. Cookies are trace files that contain
information about Internet users and can provide additional clues for
parents about the kinds of sites that their children are visiting.
However, parents should recognize that technically skilled children can
edit or delete all of these kinds of records."

STEVE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Fischer" <Melissa.Fischer () NorthMemorial com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:52 PM
Subject: chat logs


Our community, Waconia, Minnesota has recently been the victims of
threats against our children and schools.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5399090.html

The Emergency Response Task Force assigned to our case asked parents to
go home and check their kids computers for any chats or emails with
information.

We are trying to find a document explaining where and what to look at to
find any information.  We would like to post this on our school main
page www.waconia.k12.mn.us for a resource for parents to use on how to
find any information.  Can you tell me where to find this information?

Thank you in advance,



Melissa Fischer
Database Administrator
Data  and System Engineering
North Memorial Health Care
763/520-1533
melissa.fischer () northmemorial com