OBJECTIVE

Build a small program that compares a directory with a trusted hash manifest.

TIME PLAN

Prepare 20m · Build 110m · Verify 30m · Document 20m

Working boundary

Work only inside the folder created by Smartphone-Academy.py prepare integrity-monitor. Use the supplied samples or systems you personally administer.

Prepare the Termux workspace

Open Termux in the Academy root and prepare this lab with the local companion. It creates safe samples, notes and evidence files under your Termux account.

Android + Termuxpython Smartphone-Academy.py prepare integrity-monitorNo root. Use the supplied files and keep the workspace under $HOME.

Practical mission

  1. Create a deterministic manifest with relative paths
  2. Detect additions, modifications and deletions separately
  3. Ignore the tool's own report directory safely
  4. Test all three change categories with copied samples
EVIDENCE TO PRODUCE

A baseline command, check command and report for added, changed and removed files.

Quality gate

The deliverable states a clear scope and date for Implement an Integrity Monitor.
A second learner can reproduce the commands and paths.
Original samples remain unchanged and verifiable.
Limitations are recorded beside the conclusions.

Analyst reflection

Which result from “Test all three change categories with copied samples” would need more evidence before it could support an operational decision?

Complete in Termux

After checking the evidence, run python Smartphone-Academy.py complete integrity-monitor. Progress is stored locally in the Termux home directory.

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