Question
Option 4 : A forensically sound bit-stream duplicate whose hash matches the original at acquisition
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर A forensically sound bit-stream duplicate whose hash matches the original at acquisition है।
Question:
Under the best-evidence rule as applied to digital forensics, which of the following is admissible as the "original" evidence? / डिजिटल फॉरेंसिक पर लागू सर्वोत्तम-साक्ष्य नियम के तहत निम्न में से क्या "मूल" साक्ष्य के रूप में स्वीकार्य है?
Correct Answer: A forensically sound bit-stream duplicate whose hash matches the original at acquisition
Courts treat a verified bit-for-bit duplicate as the original because the hash proves it is indistinguishable from the source; prints and screenshots are merely demonstrative. / सत्यापित बिट-दर-बिट डुप्लिकेट को न्यायालय मूल मानता है क्योंकि हैश स्रोत से अभिन्नता सिद्ध करता है। Option (a) is the trap — insisting on the physical disk ignores settled digital-evidence practice.