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authorRasmus Dahlberg <rasmus.dahlberg@kau.se>2021-10-10 20:51:02 +0200
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# sigsum-log-go
-Sigsum logging brings transparency to **sig**ned check**sum**s. What a
-checksum represents is up to you. For example, it could be the cryptographic
-hash of a [provenance file](https://security.googleblog.com/2021/06/introducing-slsa-end-to-end-framework.html),
-a [Firefox binary](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Binary_Transparency), or a
-text document.
-
-You can use sigsum logging to:
-1. Discover which checksum signatures were produced by what secret signing keys.
-2. Be sure that everyone observes the same signed checksums.
-
-## How it works
-Suppose that you develop software and publish binaries. You sign those binaries
-and make them available to users in a package repository and on your website.
-You are committed to distribute the same signed binaries to every user. That is
-an easy claim to make. However, word is cheap and sometimes things go wrong.
-How would you even know if your signing infrastructure got compromised? A few
-select users might already receive maliciously signed binaries that include a
-backdoor. This is where we can help by adding transparency.
-
-For each binary you can log a signed checksum that corresponds to that binary.
-If such a sigsum appears in the log that you did not expect: excellent, now
-you know that your signing infrastructure was compromised at some point.
-Similarly, you can also detect if a binary from your website or package
-repository misses a corresponding log entry by inspecting the log. The claim
-that the same binaries are published for everyone can be _verified_.
-
-Starting to apply the pattern of transparent logging is already an improvement
-without any end-user enforcement. It becomes easier to detect honest mistakes
-and attacks against your website or package repository.
-
-To make the most out of a sigsum log, end-users should start to enforce public
-logging in the future. This means that a binary in the above example would be
-_rejected_ unless a corresponding sigsum is publicly logged.
-
-Please refer to our
-[design document](https://git.sigsum.org/sigsum/tree/doc/design.md) and
-[API specification](https://git.sigsum.org/sigsum/tree/doc/api.md)
-for additional details.
+This repository provides a
+ [Trillian](https://transparency.dev/#trillian)
+ [personality](https://github.com/google/trillian/blob/master/docs/Personalities.md)
+that implements the sigsum/v0
+ [design](https://git.sigsum.org/sigsum/tree/doc/design.md)
+and
+ [API](https://git.sigsum.org/sigsum/tree/doc/api.md).
## Public prototype
-We implemented sigsum logging as a [Trillian](https://transparency.dev/#trillian)
-[personality](https://github.com/google/trillian/blob/master/docs/Personalities.md).
-A public prototype is up and running with zero promises of uptime, stability,
-etc.
-The log's base URL is http://poc.sigsum.org:4780/st/v0.
-The log's public verification key is
-`bc9308dab23781b8a13d59a9e67bc1b8c1585550e72956525a20e479b1f74404`.
-The log's shard interval is [X, Y].
-
-An experimental [witness](https://github.com/sigsum/sigsum-witness-py) is also
-up and running with zero-promises of uptime, stability, etc.
-The public verification key is
-`777528f5fd96f95713b8c2bb48bce2c83628e39ad3bfbd95bc0045b143fe5c34`.
-
-You can talk to the log by passing ASCII key-value pairs. For example,
-fetch a tree head and a log entry:
+There is a public prototype that is up and running with zero promises of uptime,
+stability, etc. Relevant log information:
+- Base URL: https://poc.sigsum.org
+- Public key: `bc9308dab23781b8a13d59a9e67bc1b8c1585550e72956525a20e479b1f74404`
+- Shard interval: [X, Y]
+
+A [witness](https://github.com/sigsum/sigsum-witness-py) is also up and running
+with zero-promises of uptime, stability, etc. Relevant witness information:
+- Public key: `777528f5fd96f95713b8c2bb48bce2c83628e39ad3bfbd95bc0045b143fe5c34`.
+
+As described in our design and API documentation, you can talk to the log by
+passing ASCII key-value pairs. For example, fetch a cosigned tree head and a
+log entry:
```
-$ curl http://poc.sigsum.org:4780/sigsum/v0/get-tree-head-latest
-timestamp=1632956637
+$ curl https://poc.sigsum.org/sigsum/v0/get-tree-head-cosigned
+timestamp=1633888287
tree_size=17
root_hash=51ce7e8e7fa98d48ab84750ae9dcbabda268fbcca74ab907836a35a513396f9d
-signature=c4bb2429410523d109540e0bd47e46b46bce6b233eb895fce4c761e60f15ac8a9d245153e3eaf30c7360b0f7bd49a6f7e4327bb1e7dc2396535726191b42c90b
+signature=9c1c5ffab45e6bc6120c060b47520688659e7ad581b7db1f591442b9498fbaff7bd6a34d874a2809c71fb0996c7b71998a092f80ebd2dd5c9d3e21c5cf2f880d
+key_hash=35c1364f52d2de9e8b002e6b1c0b376da5ccef65442654eb51d76e7aa2d22d74
+cosignature=2e058af6b6c26b470d1921e848b3479b1893417eed8215aa1eeb2dc089487fd38dd5d38d18297d61bd263826888a43c28d76c73d991a38f4d93e8731aa83200f
$
-$ printf "start_size=0\nend_size=0\n" | curl --data-binary @- http://poc.sigsum.org:4780/sigsum/v0/get-leaves
+$ printf "start_size=0\nend_size=0\n" | curl --data-binary @- https://poc.sigsum.org/sigsum/v0/get-leaves
shard_hint=0
checksum=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
signature=0e0424c7288dc8ebec6b2ebd45e14e7d7f86dd7b0abc03861976a1c0ad8ca6120d4efd58aeab167e5e84fcffd0fab5861ceae85dec7f4e244e7465e41c5d5207
key_hash=9d6c91319b27ff58043ff6e6e654438a4ca15ee11dd2780b63211058b274f1f6
```
-We are currently working on tooling that makes it easier to interact with the
-log.
+Go tooling that makes it easier to interact with sigsum logs will appear in a
+separate repository in the near future, see
+ [sigsum-lib-go](https://git.sigsum.org/sigsum-lib-go/).