> On 8 Dec 2022, at 15:41, Dick Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Eliot,
> 
> Would you be convinced that SBOM creation is easy if I showed you that I can 
> create an SPDX SBOM from an apache distribution, downloaded from the 
> Internet, all in less than 2 minutes? 
> 

No.  The problem isn’t generating an SBOM for a single package. The problem is 
establishing processes and policies to not only generate SBOMs for which I have 
source, but receiving and incorporating SBOMs for which I do not.  In complex 
systems this also means establishing appropriate container hierarchies, 
managing through patches, optional software add-ons, dealing with potential 
name conflicts and ambiguities, and more.

All of this can get worked out, but in tens of months not minutes.  Multiply 
that number by 3 for properly linked VEX information. 

Eliot


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