From Daniel's desk

Understanding Computer Forensics Everywhere from the Scot Peterson trial to, the war on terror computer forensics is in the news. Computer related crimes or "Cyber-Crimes" as they are aptly named are on the rise. By the looks of it Cyber-Crimes are here to stay. According to a report by the National Research Council, "Computers At Risk" 1991, "The Modern thief can steal more with a computer than with a gun. Tomorrow's terrorist may be able to do more damage with a keyboard than with a bomb." It's funny how that report turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Cyber-crimes are on the rise and the war on terror has reviled that our foes are using laptops and the Internet, as essential tools to their operations. Another significant threat to society is Industrial Espionage. Big businesses now find themselves constantly having to protect their intellectual property even more than before. Not only do corporations have to protect themsel...

Last login: Fri Jun 10 19:13:15 on tty?? Welcome to Darwin! quicksilver:~ dan$ MYSQL ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) I hate that message. I am trying to get it work on OS X Panther and so far no luck.