mozilla-services / mozilla-services/autograph

CLI cose signature pretty printer

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Go
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176
Forks
34
Avg merge
1d 17h
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Description

Provide something like openssl asn1parse but for COSE signatures i.e. this tool should decode the CBOR message, expand COSE shorthand fields, and optionally validate the signature.

Could use go-cose or cose-rust

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the repository's CLI entry points and evaluating the suggested go-cose or cose-rust libraries; the work is done when a CLI decodes CBOR COSE messages, expands shorthand fields, and optionally validates signatures.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, cryptography
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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