@inproceedings{c_wang_demara_wmsci_05,
	abstract = {The ability to monitor computer file systems for unauthorized changes is a 
powerful administrative tool. Ideally this task could be performed remotely 
under the direction of the administrator to allow on-demand checking, and use of 
tailorable reporting and exception policies targeted to adjustable groups of 
network elements. This paper introduces M-FICA, a Mobile File Integrity and 
Consistency Analyzer as a prototype to achieve this capability using mobile 
agents. The M-FICA file tampering detection approach uses MD5 message digests to 
identify file changes. Two agent types, Initiator and Examiner, are used to 
perform file integrity tasks. An Initiator travels to client systems, computes a 
file digest, then stores those digests in a database file located on write-once 
media. An Examiner agent computes a new digest to compare with the original 
digests in the database file. Changes in digest values indicate that the file 
contents have been modified. The design and evaluation results for a prototype 
developed in the Concordia agent framework are described.},
	address = {Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.},
	author = {Rocke, A. J.  and DeMara, R. F.  and Wang, G. },
	citeulike-article-id = {134267},
	journal = {9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics},
	keywords = {demara},
	month = {July},
	title = {Mobility-Enhanced File Integrity Analyzer For Networked Environments},
	url = {http://cal.ucf.edu/conf/c_wang_demara_wmsci_05.pdf},
	year = {2005}
}