Establishing Provenance Before Coding: Traditional and Next-Gen Software Signing (2407.03949v2)

Published 4 Jul 2024 in cs.CR and cs.SE

Abstract: Software engineers integrate third-party components into their applications. The resulting software supply chain is vulnerable. To reduce the attack surface, we can verify the origin of components (provenance) before adding them. Cryptographic signatures enable this. This article describes traditional signing, its challenges, and the changes introduced by next-generation signing platforms.

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