Add time range to checker.

cmd/csaf_checker/config.go

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/csaf-poc/csaf_distribution/v2/internal/models"
 	"github.com/csaf-poc/csaf_distribution/v2/internal/options"
 )
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ type config struct {
 	Verbose     bool              `long:"verbose" short:"v" description:"Verbose output" toml:"verbose"`
 	Rate        *float64          `long:"rate" short:"r" description:"The average upper limit of https operations per second (defaults to unlimited)" toml:"rate"`
 	Years       *uint             `long:"years" short:"y" description:"Number of years to look back from now" value-name:"YEARS" toml:"years"`
+	Range       *models.TimeRange `long:"timerange" short:"t" description:"RANGE of time from which advisories to download" value-name:"RANGE" toml:"timerange"`
 	ExtraHeader http.Header       `long:"header" short:"H" description:"One or more extra HTTP header fields" toml:"header"`
 
 	RemoteValidator        string   `long:"validator" description:"URL to validate documents remotely" value-name:"URL" toml:"validator"`
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ type config struct {
 	Config string `short:"c" long:"config" description:"Path to config TOML file" value-name:"TOML-FILE" toml:"-"`
 
 	clientCerts []tls.Certificate
+	ageAccept   func(time.Time) bool
 }
 
 // configPaths are the potential file locations of the config file.
@@ -102,6 +106,16 @@ func (cfg *config) protectedAccess() bool {
 // prepare prepares internal state of a loaded configuration.
 func (cfg *config) prepare() error {
 	// Load client certs.
+	if err := cfg.prepareCertificates(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return cfg.prepareTimeRangeFilter()
+}
+
+// prepareCertificates loads the client side certificates used by the HTTP client.
+func (cfg *config) prepareCertificates() error {
+
 	switch hasCert, hasKey := cfg.ClientCert != nil, cfg.ClientKey != nil; {
 
 	case hasCert && !hasKey || !hasCert && hasKey:
@@ -116,3 +130,27 @@ func (cfg *config) prepare() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// acceptYears returns a filter that accepts advisories from the last years.
+func acceptYears(years uint) func(time.Time) bool {
+	good := time.Now().AddDate(-int(years), 0, 0)
+	return func(t time.Time) bool {
+		return !t.Before(good)
+	}
+}
+
+// prepareTimeRangeFilter sets up the filter in which time range
+// advisory should be considered for checking.
+func (cfg *config) prepareTimeRangeFilter() error {
+	switch {
+	case cfg.Years != nil && cfg.Range != nil:
+		return errors.New(`"timerange" and "years" are both configured: only one allowed`)
+
+	case cfg.Years != nil:
+		cfg.ageAccept = acceptYears(*cfg.Years)
+
+	case cfg.Range != nil:
+		cfg.ageAccept = cfg.Range.Contains
+	}
+	return nil
+}

cmd/csaf_checker/processor.go

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ type processor struct {
 	validator    csaf.RemoteValidator
 	client       util.Client
 	unauthClient util.Client
-	ageAccept    func(time.Time) bool
 
 	redirects      map[string][]string
 	noneTLS        util.Set[string]
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ func newProcessor(cfg *config) (*processor, error) {
 		cfg:            cfg,
 		alreadyChecked: map[string]whereType{},
 		expr:           util.NewPathEval(),
-		ageAccept:      ageAccept(cfg),
 		validator:      validator,
 		labelChecker: labelChecker{
 			advisories:      map[csaf.TLPLabel]util.Set[string]{},
@@ -204,16 +202,6 @@ func (p *processor) close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func ageAccept(cfg *config) func(time.Time) bool {
-	if cfg.Years == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	good := time.Now().AddDate(-int(*cfg.Years), 0, 0)
-	return func(t time.Time) bool {
-		return !t.Before(good)
-	}
-}
-
 // clean clears the fields values of the given processor.
 func (p *processor) clean() {
 	p.redirects = nil
@@ -557,8 +545,8 @@ func (p *processor) rolieFeedEntries(feed string) ([]csaf.AdvisoryFile, error) {
 	rfeed.Entries(func(entry *csaf.Entry) {
 
 		// Filter if we have date checking.
-		if p.ageAccept != nil {
+		if p.cfg.ageAccept != nil {
-			if pub := time.Time(entry.Published); !pub.IsZero() && !p.ageAccept(pub) {
+			if pub := time.Time(entry.Published); !pub.IsZero() && !p.cfg.ageAccept(pub) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -669,7 +657,7 @@ func (p *processor) integrity(
 		if m := yearFromURL.FindStringSubmatch(u); m != nil {
 			year, _ := strconv.Atoi(m[1])
 			// Check if we are in checking time interval.
-			if p.ageAccept != nil && !p.ageAccept(
+			if p.cfg.ageAccept != nil && !p.cfg.ageAccept(
 				time.Date(
 					year, 12, 31, // Assume last day of year.
 					23, 59, 59, 0, // 23:59:59
@@ -975,7 +963,7 @@ func (p *processor) checkChanges(base string, mask whereType) error {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
 			// Apply date range filtering.
-			if p.ageAccept != nil && !p.ageAccept(t) {
+			if p.cfg.ageAccept != nil && !p.cfg.ageAccept(t) {
 				continue
 			}
 			path := r[pathColumn]
@@ -992,7 +980,7 @@ func (p *processor) checkChanges(base string, mask whereType) error {
 
 	if len(files) == 0 {
 		var filtered string
-		if p.ageAccept != nil {
+		if p.cfg.ageAccept != nil {
 			filtered = " (maybe filtered out by time interval)"
 		}
 		p.badChanges.warn("no entries in changes.csv found" + filtered)

docs/csaf_checker.md

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ Application Options:
   -v, --verbose                  Verbose output
   -r, --rate=                    The average upper limit of https operations per second (defaults to unlimited)
   -y, --years=YEARS              Number of years to look back from now
+  -t, --timerange=RANGE          RANGE of time from which advisories to download
   -H, --header=                  One or more extra HTTP header fields
       --validator=URL            URL to validate documents remotely
       --validatorcache=FILE      FILE to cache remote validations
-      --validatorpreset=         One or more presets to validate remotely (default: mandatory)
+      --validatorpreset=         One or more presets to validate remotely (default: [mandatory])
   -c, --config=TOML-FILE         Path to config TOML file
 
 Help Options:
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ insecure         = false
 verbose          = false
 # rate           # not set by default
 # years	         # not set by default
+# timerange      # not set by default
 # header         # not set by default
 # validator      # not set by default
 # validatorcache # not set by default
@@ -66,6 +68,35 @@ type 2: error
 
 The checker result is a success if no checks resulted in type 2, and a failure otherwise.
 
+`years` and `timerange` allows only checking advisories from a given time interval.
+It is only allowed to specify one off them. 
+`years`  looks number of years back from now. `timerange` values allow finer controls:
+
+1. Relative. If the given string follows the rules of being a [Go duration](https://pkg.go.dev/time@go1.20.6#ParseDuration)
+    the time interval from now minus that duration till now is used. 
+    E.g. `"3h"` means checking the advisories that have changed in the last three hours.
+
+2. Absolute. If the given string is an RFC 3339 date timestamp the time interval between
+   this date and now is used. 
+   E.g. `"2006-01-02"` means that all files between 2006 January 2nd and now going to be
+   checked. 
+   Accepted patterns are:
+   - `"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"`
+   - `"2006-01-02T15:04:05+07:00"`
+   - `"2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00"`
+   - `"2006-01-02T15:04:05"`
+   - `"2006-01-02T15:04"`
+   - `"2006-01-02T15"`
+   - `"2006-01-02"`
+   - `"2006-01"`
+   - `"2006"`
+
+   Missing parts are set to the smallest value possible in that field.
+
+3. Range. Same as 2 but separated by a `,` to span an interval. e.g `2019,2024`
+   spans an interval from 1st January 2019 to the 1st January of 2024.
+
+All interval boundaries are inclusive.
 
 ### Remarks