v0.9.9

Petrovich is licensed under the GPL v 2.0.  See the file LICENSE.HTML for further information.  Send bug reports, feature requests, and other miscellany to tdotkinch@yahoo.com

==What is Petrovich?==

Petrovich is a filesystem integrity checker similar to TripWire. It generates cryptographic hashes over the files on your filesystem, allowing you to monitor them for changes. A filesystem integrity checker is the only surefire way to know if something on your system has changed or not.

==Why should I use Petrovich instead of TripeWire/AIDE/FSS/wininterrogate/any of the million other integrity checkers?==

Everybody and his brother has written a filesystem integrity checker, so why should you use mine? I have looked at a lot of them and none of them seemed quite right to me so I wrote my own. It is the only one I know that combines the following features:

Having said this I can tell you some of them have distinct advantages over Petrovich: ==Ok, I'm sold, how do I use it?==

Look at the INSTALL file to find out how to install it. Look at the USAGE file to find out how to use it.