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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Lieberman 
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 2:02:36 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXT] Re: [spdx] Does SPDX support attachment of signature ?

I really think the option of having the signature live outside the SBOM is a 
good idea. I think it's good if SBOMs are shipped as a bundle of the signature 
and SBOM but including the signature in the SBOM itself really does hit those 
issues

I really think the option of having the signature live outside the SBOM is a 
good idea. I think it's good if SBOMs are shipped as a bundle of the signature 
and SBOM but including the signature in the SBOM itself really does hit those 
issues Gary raised. It also makes it easy to support existing signature 
ecosystems without having to support those ecosystems directly in the SBOM.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 1:01 PM Jeffrey Otterson via 
lists.spdx.org<http://lists.spdx.org> 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
FWIW, I kluged a digital signature into a spdx file by abusing the "creator 
comment" field for a project I worked on.

essentially, the entire spdx doc, _except the creator comment_ is serialized 
and a digital signature generated, which is placed into the creation 
info->creator comment, tagged with "Signature".  Validation works the same way, 
more or less.

"It works."  It would be nice if there was a dedicated field for a digital 
signature, but I think the approach generally works.

spdx_doc.creation_info.creator_comment = f'Signature: {signature}'

python code, that works with 'tools-python' SPDX library here:

https://github.com/jotterson/sbom-validator/blob/master/spdx_utilities.py#L456
and
https://github.com/jotterson/sbom-validator/blob/master/signature_utilities.py#L40

The approach uses a RSA keypair created with ssh-keygen for signing and 
validation.

Perhaps this will be useful to somebody.

Jeff

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:35 AM Dick Brooks via 
lists.spdx.org<http://lists.spdx.org> 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
 wrote:

Vivek,



I can offer a glimpse of how Business Cyber Guardian delivers signed SBOM’s.



We provide parties with a “Vendor Response Form” (VRF) containing links to 
attestation materials and other artifacts needed to perform a software product 
risk assessment following US Government requirements specified in the CISA 
“CISA Secure Software Attestation Form”, a/k/a the “Common Form”.



Here is how we communicate information about digitally signed SBOM’s in the VRF:



"Products": [



                       {



                               "LicensorName": "BUSINESS CYBER GUARDIAN 
(Reliable Energy Analytics LLC)",



                               "ProductName": "SAG-PM (TM)",



                               "DescriptionURL": 
"https://reliableenergyanalytics.com/products";,



                               "Version": "2.1.0",



                               "SBOM": {



                                      "type": "spdx",



                                      "version": "2.3",



                                      "format": "JSON",



                                      "DigitalSignatureURL": 
"https://softwareassuranceguardian.com/SAG-PM_SBOM_V2_1_0.json.sig";,



                                      "URL": 
"https://softwareassuranceguardian.com/SAG-PM_SBOM_V2_1_0.json";



                               },







Thanks,



Dick Brooks

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Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

Tel: +1 978-696-1788





From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Olle E Johansson
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 3:34 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [spdx] Does SPDX support attachment of signature ?







On 31 Jul 2024, at 02:24, Gary O'Neall 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:



Hi Vivek,



Thanks for posting the question.



We have discussed this topic in the SPDX technical team meetings.



I think you will find many of us believe signing SPDX document is key to 
preserving the integrity of the software supply chain.



We came to the conclusion that signing should be done with an external standard 
and facility – such as sigstore<https://www.sigstore.dev/>.  There are two 
reasons I recall from the discussions:

  *   The SBOM cannot store the digest for itself in itself so storing a 
signature within the SPDX serialized document can be challenging
  *   There several already existing standards outside of SPDX which specify 
not only the digital signature formats, but also how to handle certificate 
authoring, self-signing, and other related processes



If you’d like to continue the discussion, I would suggest posting to the SPDX 
tech mailing list (added to the cc) or attending one of our weekly meetings.



I think this is an important discussion. I have been trying to sort out a 
couple of thoughts around this while working with the TEA solution. There’s 
also some work on third party trust and attestations happening in the iETF 
SCITT working group.



I’ll join the tech mailing list to follow the discussion.



/O


Best regards,



From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 1:02 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [spdx] Does SPDX support attachment of signature ?



Digital signatures are essential for ensuring document integrity. Given the 
critical role of Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) in providing software 
component information, signing SBOMs with tools like GPG or Cosign is crucial. 
To facilitate verification, we need to determine the appropriate location 
within the SPDX format to incorporate these signatures. Does SPDX formatted 
SBOM supports fields for storing these signatures ?






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