Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook

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become apparent.The equipment was expensive, and products from different

manufacturers were largely incompatible. Few business entities had the money or

inclination to bother with creating local networks, much less attempt to get their

computers to “talk” to distant systems.

The U.S. Department of Defense recognized the value of establishing elec-

tronic communications links between major military installations. (Grim as it

might seem, a primary motivation was the desire to maintain communication

capabilities in the event of the mass destruction that would come with nuclear

war.) Major universities wer ...