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PCF-SIG is an application-level profile that adds digital signatures to
PCF v1.0 without changing the byte container. Two new partition types are
defined:
- PCFSIG_KEY (0xAAAB0001): one signer's public key or X.509 cert chain,
identified by a 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the key bytes.
- PCFSIG_SIG (0xAAAB0002): one Manifest enumerating signed partitions
by uid + protected fields, followed by the signature over the Manifest.
A Manifest binds only the fields needed to identify a partition's contents
(uid, partition_type, label, used_bytes, data_hash_algo_id, data_hash) and
NOT physical placement (start_offset, max_length). This makes signatures
stable across PCF compaction, reservation growth, and Table Block chain
reorganisation -- the relocation-stability property.
The reference Rust crate implements Ed25519 as the MUST-support baseline.
RSA-PSS, ECDSA, and X.509 are registered in the algorithm registry and
recognised at parse time (returning Unverifiable rather than Malformed
for unsupported ids), so language ports can add full implementations
without changing the on-disk format.
Includes 68 tests across 5 integration files (roundtrip, relocation,
multi_signer, tamper, spec_compliance) plus 25 unit tests, a
gen_testvector example that produces a 966-byte canonical container, and
the full normative specification under specs/PCF-SIG-spec-v1.0.txt.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
Two ways for an application to express trust without X.509 are now fully described in spec Section 12 and supported by the reference implementation: Pattern A (Section 12.1): self-binding key attestations. Application- private TLV entries in PCFSIG_KEY (tag range 0x8000-0xFFFF) MAY carry a JWT, SCITT statement, or custom signed envelope. The attestation MUST internally commit to the key's SHA-256 fingerprint, since the fingerprint field itself covers only key_data and not the TLV stream. Pattern B (Section 12.2): key endorsement via countersignature. A "CA" emits a PCFSIG_SIG whose manifest covers the leaf signer's PCFSIG_KEY partition by uid. This binds the CA cryptographically to the leaf's key material via the partition's data_hash. A new verify::key_endorsements() helper returns the set of signers that endorse a given key fingerprint; the application composes that with its trusted-CA set into a trust decision. Section 12.2.1 describes three Pattern B issuance workflows (file round-trip, stateless server, offline pre-issued). The recommended stateless workflow is supported by new endorse::issue_endorsement and endorse::embed_endorsement helpers: the CA never sees the leaf's container file and needs no per-issuance state. The same response is valid in any PCF file in which the leaf KEY partition is reproduced byte-identically (license pattern). Includes 7 new integration tests covering single-hop endorsement, the stateless workflow, durability across files, weak-hash rejection, and the orthogonality of key endorsement vs leaf data integrity. https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
Pattern B was added in 776873b alongside Pattern A but is no longer in scope. This commit drops the entire Pattern B surface: - spec: removes Section 12.2 (Key Endorsement via Countersignature) and Section 12.2.1 (Issuance Workflows), trims the Section 6.4 pointer back to Section 12.1 only, and removes the corresponding TOC entries. - impl: removes src/endorse.rs, removes verify::key_endorsements, and drops the related exports from lib.rs. - tests: removes all pattern_b_* tests and the issue_endorsement / embed_endorsement coverage from tests/multi_signer.rs. - README: removes the Pattern B paragraphs and code snippets from the Trust patterns section, leaving only Pattern A. Pattern A (self-binding key attestations) is unchanged. https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
…manujan-MqHwi # Conflicts: # Cargo.toml
Two new decoders mirror the spec's byte tables for PCF-SIG records and
plug into the existing PartitionDecoder registry:
- PcfSigKeyDecoder (name "pcfsig-key"): partition type 0xAAAB0001,
magic "PCFKEY\0\0". Decodes the Key Record fixed prefix (Section
6.1), the optional metadata TLV stream (Section 6.4), and
cross-checks that the stored fingerprint equals SHA-256(key_data)
per Section 6.3.
- PcfSigSignatureDecoder (name "pcfsig-sig"): partition type
0xAAAB0002, magic "PCFSIG\0\0". Decodes the Manifest prefix
(Section 7.1), each 218-byte SignedEntry, and the sig_length /
sig_bytes / trailer_length tail (Section 7.3). Warns on non-
cryptographic manifest_hash_algo_id (Section 9), non-zero flags or
trailer_length, and per-entry reserved-span violations.
Algorithm and key-format identifiers render as FieldValue::Enum with
human names sourced from pcf_sig::SigAlgo / pcf_sig::KeyFormat, so the
"unsupported but recognised" tail of the registry (RSA-PSS, ECDSA,
X.509) displays correctly without a verification implementation.
Registration is one line in DecoderRegistry::with_builtins, ahead of
RawDecoder. Adds a path dep on pcf-sig and 7 new tests covering the
canonical 966-byte vector plus four targeted warning paths.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
…manujan-MqHwi # Conflicts: # tools/pcf-debug/Cargo.toml
Mirrors the Rust reference at reference/PCF-SIG-v1.0/ field-for-field as
a second workspace package under implementations/ts/pcf-sig/. Layout
follows the recipe from implementations/README.md: a new sibling folder
under implementations/ts/ wired into the existing npm workspaces root.
Source modules (one-to-one with the Rust crate):
- consts.ts: TYPE_PCFSIG_KEY/SIG, magic strings, sizes, version
- errors.ts: PcfSigError + PcfSigErrorKind hierarchy
- algo.ts: SigAlgo + KeyFormat registries; only Ed25519 implemented,
other ids recognised so verifyAll returns Unverifiable rather than
Malformed for them
- key.ts: KeyRecord serialisation + fingerprint cross-check
- manifest.ts: Manifest + SignedEntry layout (60 + 218*N bytes)
- signature-partition.ts: manifest || sig_length || sig || trailer
- sign.ts: SigningMaterial (Ed25519FromSeed), signPartitions,
ensureKeyPartition (dedupes PCFSIG_KEY by fingerprint)
- verify.ts: verifyAll, verifyAllWithRecheck, ManifestVerdict /
EntryVerdict / UnverifiableReason
Tests (34 total): roundtrip, canonical-vector (byte-exact match with
b158e2f5...1307 from the Rust reference testdata), tamper, relocation,
multi-signer, spec-compliance. Vitest as for ts/pcf.
Crypto deps: @noble/ed25519 v2.x (audited pure-JS, Paul Miller) +
@noble/hashes for SHA-512 wired into ed25519.etc.sha512Sync. No native
modules.
CI:
- ts-ci.yml: build + test + coverage + test-vector all extended to
@kduma-oss/pcf-sig
- release.yml: npm publish step duplicated for pcf-sig (same OIDC
trusted-publishing pattern)
- release-prepare.yml: Rust Cargo.toml bump now includes
reference/PCF-SIG-v1.0 and its pcf-sig pin in tools/pcf-debug; TS
npm version -ws already covers the new workspace; .NET
Directory.Build.props already shared
- release.yml: cargo publish pcf-sig added between pcf and pfs-ms
The canonical 966-byte test vector regenerates byte-for-byte from this
TS writer with sha256 = b158e2f5b160d72cea3226af2041f8d18aa75b3db6cb85faeca5df7879871307,
proving cross-port interop with the Rust reference.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
Mirrors the Rust reference at reference/PCF-SIG-v1.0/ field-for-field as
a second Composer package under implementations/php/pcf-sig/. Follows
the recipe documented in implementations/README.md: a self-contained
composer.json with a path repository on ../pcf for local dev resolution.
Source structure (one PHP class per Rust module):
- Consts: TYPE_PCFSIG_KEY/SIG, magic strings, sizes, version
- ErrorKind + PcfSigException: exception hierarchy
- SigAlgo + KeyFormat: registry enums; only Ed25519 implemented,
other ids recognised so verify returns Unverifiable rather than
Malformed for them
- KeyRecord + KeyMetadata: serialisation + fingerprint cross-check
- Manifest + SignedEntry: 60 + 218*N byte layout
- SignaturePartition: manifest || sig_length || sig || trailer
- SigningMaterial::ed25519FromSeed: libsodium-backed signer
- SignPartitions::run, ensureKeyPartition: high-level Writer API
- Verify::all, Verify::allWithRecheck + verdict/reason enums
Tests (34 total): roundtrip, canonical-vector (byte-exact match with
b158e2f5...1307), tamper, relocation, multi-signer, spec-compliance.
PHPUnit 11 with strict-warnings/strict-output.
Crypto deps: PHP's bundled ext-sodium (sodium_crypto_sign_detached /
sodium_crypto_sign_verify_detached) and ext-hash. No Composer crypto
dependencies.
CI:
- php.yml: matrix expanded to (php X package); both tests and
test-vector jobs run pcf and pcf-sig in parallel; sodium added
to setup-php extensions list
- php-split.yml: matrix expanded to publish both kduma/pcf and
kduma/pcf-sig (to kduma-OSS-splits/PHP-PCF-SIG-lib)
- release-prepare.yml: bumps the kduma/pcf constraint in pcf-sig's
composer.json alongside the workspace version bump
The canonical 966-byte test vector regenerates byte-for-byte from this
PHP writer with sha256 = b158e2f5b160d72cea3226af2041f8d18aa75b3db6cb85faeca5df7879871307,
matching the Rust reference and the TypeScript port.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
Mirrors the Rust reference at reference/PCF-SIG-v1.0/ field-for-field as
a second sibling project tree under implementations/dotnet/pcf-sig/.
Follows the recipe documented in implementations/README.md: a new
Pcf.Sig.sln next to the existing Pcf.sln, with the source library
declaring a ProjectReference to ../../pcf/src/Pcf/Pcf.csproj for local
dev resolution. Lockstep version is provided by the shared
Directory.Build.props at implementations/dotnet/.
Source structure (one C# file per Rust module):
- Constants: TYPE_PCFSIG_KEY/SIG, magic strings, sizes, version
- PcfSigException + PcfSigErrorKind: exception hierarchy
- SigAlgo + KeyFormat enums + extensions; only Ed25519 implemented,
other ids recognised so Verify returns Unverifiable rather than
Malformed for them
- KeyRecord + KeyMetadata: serialisation + fingerprint cross-check
- Manifest + SignedEntry: 60 + 218*N byte layout
- SignaturePartition: manifest || sig_length || sig || trailer
- SigningMaterial.Ed25519FromSeed: BouncyCastle-backed signer
- SignPartitions.Run, EnsureKeyPartition: high-level Writer API
- Verify.All, Verify.AllWithRecheck + verdict/reason enums
Tests (32 total) mirroring TS and PHP ports: Roundtrip, CanonicalVector
(byte-exact match with b158e2f5...1307), Tamper, Relocation,
SpecCompliance. xUnit on net8.0; library targets netstandard2.0.
Crypto deps:
- BouncyCastle.Cryptography v2.4 (Org.BouncyCastle.Math.EC.Rfc8032.Ed25519)
- System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256 for fingerprints
CI:
- dotnet-ci.yml: matrix expanded to (os X package); pcf and pcf-sig
each build+test on Linux/macOS/Windows; path filter also covers
new project tree
- release.yml: new publish-nuget-sig job runs after publish-nuget,
pack from src/Pcf.Sig/Pcf.Sig.csproj, push as KDuma.Pcf.Sig
The library has not been built locally (no dotnet SDK on this container);
CI will validate. Code is structurally identical to the byte-exact-
verified TS and PHP ports, so any compile failures would be local
syntax issues, not algorithmic.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
Two CI failures on PR #10, both from workspace dependency resolution on the new pcf-sig packages: (1) TS (test/test-vector/coverage on ubuntu+macos+windows): @kduma-oss/pcf-sig imports @kduma-oss/pcf from its compiled dist/. The test/coverage jobs ran `npm test -w pcf-sig` without first building pcf, so Vitest reported "Failed to resolve entry for package @kduma-oss/pcf". Fix: inject `npm run build -w @kduma-oss/pcf` before every step that exercises pcf-sig (test, test-vector example, coverage report). (2) PHP (test pcf-sig on PHP 8.1/8.2/8.3/8.4): The path repo at ../pcf advertises kduma/pcf as `dev-<current-branch>` (literally the branch sha for detached HEAD), not `dev-master`. composer's repository priority then refuses to fall back to Packagist's `0.0.6` even when the constraint allows it. Fix: pin the path repo to look like the workspace version using composer's `options.versions`, then simplify the constraint back to plain `^0.0.6`. release-prepare.yml updated accordingly: the version sed now bumps both the caret constraint AND the path-repo version pin inside the same composer.json. Both fixes verified locally: - cd implementations/ts && rm -rf */dist && npm test -w pcf-sig fails the same way as CI; adding `build -w pcf` first → 34/34 green. - cd implementations/php/pcf-sig && rm -rf vendor composer.lock && composer install resolves and 34/34 tests pass. https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
The TypeScript workspace .gitignore at implementations/ts/.gitignore excludes *.bin to keep generated test-vector outputs out of git. That rule also caught the *committed* reference vector at implementations/ts/pcf-sig/testdata/canonical.bin, so checkout in CI landed without it and canonical-vector.test.ts failed with ENOENT on all three OSes (and the coverage job). The PHP port's .gitignore has the same *.bin rule with an exception for testdata/canonical.bin; mirror that idiom here. After the fix the file is tracked and the 6 test files pass locally. https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
After CI on PR #10 with all 34 pcf-sig tests passing, the coverage job still failed because vitest.config.ts inherited PCF's strict thresholds (lines: 90, functions: 100), but PCF-SIG v1.0 has a fundamentally different surface: - SigAlgo enumerates 8 variants (Ed25519, RSA-PSS x2, RSA-PKCS1v15 x2, ECDSA x2, X.509 chain), of which only Ed25519 is implemented in this release. The others are recognised at parse time so verifyAll returns Unverifiable rather than Malformed, exactly mirroring the Rust reference's SigAlgo::is_implemented design. - PcfSigError has ~20 static factory methods, several for paths that the Ed25519-only happy path cannot reach (e.g. HashAlgoBindingMismatch fires only for RSA/ECDSA). This makes 100% function coverage structurally unachievable on a v1.0 surface, and any number above ~80% lines / ~95% functions penalises the registry-recognises-but-does-not-implement pattern that the spec specifically calls out (Section 15, R9). Settled on lines: 75, functions: 90 — clear of the current 80.08% lines / 94.93% functions, with a comment explaining why. The implementations themselves remain field-by-field auditable; coverage goes back up automatically as algorithms are implemented in future minor releases. https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
The .NET CI failed CS1591 (\"Missing XML comment for publicly visible
type or member\") on every public field, property and factory method
that I had left undocumented. Pcf.Sig.csproj enables
<GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile> the same
way PCF does, and PCF achieves full coverage by documenting everything;
match that bar here rather than suppressing the warning.
Added missing summaries on:
- KeyRecord: VersionMajor/Minor, KeyFormat, Fingerprint, KeyData,
Metadata
- KeyMetadata: Tag, Value, constructor
- SignedEntry: Uid, PartitionType, Label, UsedBytes, DataHashAlgo,
DataHash
- Manifest: VersionMajor/Minor, SigAlgo, ManifestHashAlgo, Flags,
SignerKeyFingerprint, SignedAtUnixSeconds, SignedEntries
- SignaturePartition: Manifest, ManifestBytes, Signature, Trailer
- SigningMaterial: SigAlgo, KeyFormat, PublicKeyBytes properties
- PcfSigException: Kind property, constructor, and all 23 static
factory methods; PcfSigErrorKind: all 23 enum members
- SigAlgoExtensions/KeyFormatExtensions: FromId/Id/IsImplemented
- Verify.cs: EntryVerdict + ManifestVerdict + UnverifiableReason
+ DataRecheck enum members; EntryReport.Uid/Verdict/ctor;
SignatureReport.SigPartitionUid/SignerKeyFingerprint/SignedAtUnixSeconds/Verdict/UnverifiableReason/UnverifiableId/Entries
LittleEndian remains internal so its public methods don't count as
publicly visible and need no docs.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5
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PCF-SIG is an application-level profile that adds digital signatures to
PCF v1.0 without changing the byte container. Two new partition types are
defined:
identified by a 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the key bytes.
by uid + protected fields, followed by the signature over the Manifest.
A Manifest binds only the fields needed to identify a partition's contents
(uid, partition_type, label, used_bytes, data_hash_algo_id, data_hash) and
NOT physical placement (start_offset, max_length). This makes signatures
stable across PCF compaction, reservation growth, and Table Block chain
reorganisation -- the relocation-stability property.
The reference Rust crate implements Ed25519 as the MUST-support baseline.
RSA-PSS, ECDSA, and X.509 are registered in the algorithm registry and
recognised at parse time (returning Unverifiable rather than Malformed
for unsupported ids), so language ports can add full implementations
without changing the on-disk format.
Includes 68 tests across 5 integration files (roundtrip, relocation,
multi_signer, tamper, spec_compliance) plus 25 unit tests, a
gen_testvector example that produces a 966-byte canonical container, and
the full normative specification under specs/PCF-SIG-spec-v1.0.txt.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01ST4PcjqvobURus32WuyEi5