csaf_distribution

WIP: A proof of concept for a CSAF trusted provider, checker and aggregator.

Setup

• A recent version of Go (1.17+) should be installed. Go installation

• Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/csaf-poc/csaf_distribution.git

• Build Go components

cd csaf_distribution
go build -v ./cmd/...

• Install nginx
• To configure nginx see docs/provider-setup.md

csaf_uploader

csaf_uploader is a command line tool that uploads CSAF documents to the trusted provider (CSAF_Provider). Following options are supported:

Options	Description
-a, --action=[upload|create]	Action to perform (default: upload)
-u, --url=URL	URL of the CSAF provider (default:https://localhost/cgi-bin/csaf_provider.go)
-t, --tlp=[csaf|white|green|amber|red]	TLP of the feed (default: csaf)
-x, --external-signed	CASF files are signed externally.
-k, --key=KEY-FILE	OpenPGP key to sign the CSAF files
-p, --password=PASSWORD	Authentication password for accessing the CSAF provider
-P, --passphrase=PASSPHRASE	Passphrase to unlock the OpenPGP key
-i, --password-interactive	Enter password interactively
-I, --passphrase-interacive	Enter passphrase interactively
-c, --config=INI-FILE	Path to config ini file
-h, --help	Show help

E.g. creating the initial directiories and files

./csaf_uploader -a create  -u http://localhost/cgi-bin/csaf_provider.go

E.g. uploading a csaf-document

./csaf_uploader -a upload -I -t white -u http://localhost/cgi-bin/csaf_provider.go  CSAF-document-1.json

which asks to enter password interactively.

csaf_uploader can be started with a config file like following:

./csaf_provider -c conf.ini

config.ini :

action=create
u=http://localhost/cgi-bin/csaf_provider.go

License

• csaf_distribution is licensed as Free Software under MIT License.

• See the specific source files for details, the license itself can be found in the directory LICENSES/.

• Contains third party Free Software components under licenses that to our best knowledge are compatible at time of adding the dependency, 3rdpartylicenses.md has the details.

• Check the source file of each schema under /csaf/schema/ to see the source and license of each one.