File Integrity Command & Control (FICC) helps
system administrators manage multiple Tripwire
installations. It maintains MD5 hashes for three key Tripwire files (the config file, executable, and TW database) for every system it monitors. It then verifies that the MD5 checksum of these key files against the signatures in its file checksum database. If all signatures match those in the database, it then connects to the host
via SSH and runs Tripwire. If any of the signatures do not match those in the database or Tripwire detects file system changes, an email is sent
to the "FICC administrator" of the system in question.
