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Decoding the Hexadecimal Representation of a PostgreSQL Database Table


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Primary Investigator:
Research Independant

Project Members
Joseph Balazs, Dr. Marcus Rogers, Dr. John Springer, Dr. Dawn Laux
Abstract
Database forensics is an inadequately researched subfield of Digital Forensics. Existing documentation and literature contains a gap for the meaning of the hexadecimal representation of records within a table for the PostGreSQL database management system. In order to determine the indications between active and inactive records, the meanings had to be resolved. Simple testing was done on a table to insert, update, and delete records. A hex interpreter was used to analyze the differences between the records at the file system layer.