Analysis of the Forensic Traces Left by AirPrint in Apple iOS Devices

Author

Gomez-Miralles, L. ; Arnedo-Moreno, J.

Author_Institution

Internet Interdiscipl. Inst. (IN3), Univ. Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 March 2013

Firstpage

703

Lastpage

708

Abstract

Since its presentation by Apple, both the iPhone and iPad devices have achieved a great success and gained widespread popularity. This fact, added to the given idiosyncracies of these new portable devices and the kind of data they may store open new opportunities in the field of computer forensics. In 2010, version 4 of their operating system (iOS) introduced Air Print, a simple and driverless wireless printing functionality supported by some network printers. This paper presents an analysis of the traces left by Air Print and assesses whether it is feasible to recover them in the context of a forensic investigation.

Keywords

digital forensics; operating systems (computers); printing; smart phones; AirPrint; Apple iOS device; computer forensics; driverless wireless printing functionality; forensic investigation; forensic trace analysis; iPad device; iPhone device; network printer; operating system; portable device; Forensics; Portable document format; Printers; Printing; Software; Tablet computers; AirPrint; Apple; Cybercrime; Forensics; iOS; iPad; iPhone;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2013 27th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6239-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4952-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAINA.2013.40

Filename

6550479