After suspecting a change in MS-Exchange Server storage archive, the investigator has analyzed it. Which of the following components is not an actual part of the archive?
After suspecting a change in MS-Exchange Server storage archive, the investigator has analyzed it. Which of the following components is not an actual part of the archive?
The main components of an MS-Exchange Server storage archive, particularly in older versions like Exchange 2003, include the PRIV.EDB, PRIV.STM, PUB.EDB, and PUB.STM files. PRIV.EDB is used for private mailboxes, PRIV.STM for streaming internet content, PUB.EDB for public folder database, and PUB.STM for streaming data of public folders. 'PRIV.STM' and 'PUB.STM' were used to store MIME content. Therefore, 'PRIV.STM', 'PUB.EDB', and 'PRIV.EDB' are actual parts of the archive. 'PRIV.STM' refers to the private mail store used in older versions along with 'PRIV.EDB'. However, 'PRIV.STM' and 'PUB.STM' were eventually phased out in newer versions of Exchange but were parts of the MS Exchange Server architecture during that period. Since 'PRIV.STM' was indeed a component, the correct answer indicating a component that is not a part of the archive is 'PRIV.STM'.
D. PUB.STM In the context of modern versions of Exchange (post-Exchange 2003), PUB.STM and PRIV.STM files are no longer used, as newer versions of Exchange have integrated these components into a single file format. However, for the question context and older versions, PUB.STM was part of the architecture but PUB.STM is less likely to be found in newer configurations compared to PRIV.STM, PRIV.EDB, and PUB.EDB.
D < https://www.systoolsgroup.com/forensics/exchange-server/ In MS Exchange 2003, the database of the mailbox gets stored into two different files i.e., priv.edb and priv.stm. The information contained in priv.edb files includes messages, text attachments and headers while priv.stm files holds multimedia data which are MIME encoded. In the same way, shared data of an organization gets stored in pub.edb and pub.stm files.