How to Operate Manifest File

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This Java example program shows how to create a manifest file for the specified files, or verify an existing manifest file.

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  • Package: flanagan.david
  • File: Manifest.java
package flanagan.david;
 
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000 David Flanagan. All rights reserved. This code is from the book Java Examples
 * in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or
 * implied. You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose. You may distribute it
 * non-commercially as long as you retain this notice. For a commercial use license, or to purchase
 * the book (recommended), visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples2.
 */
 
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.security.DigestInputStream;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import java.security.KeyStoreException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.PrivateKey;
import java.security.PublicKey;
import java.security.Signature;
import java.security.SignatureException;
import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
 
/**
 * This program creates a manifest file for the specified files, or verifies an existing manifest
 * file. By default the manifest file is named MANIFEST, but the -m option can be used to override
 * this. The -v option specifies that the manifest should be verified. Verification is also the
 * default option if no files are specified.
 */
public class Manifest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
	// Set the default values of the command-line arguments
	boolean verify = false; // Verify manifest or create one?
	String manifestfile = "MANIFEST"; // Manifest file name
	String digestAlgorithm = "MD5"; // Algorithm for message digests
	String signername = null; // Signer. No sig. by default
	String signatureAlgorithm = "DSA"; // Algorithm for digital sig.
	String password = null; // Private keys are protected
	File keystoreFile = null; // Where are keys stored
	String keystoreType = null; // What kind of keystore
	String keystorePassword = null; // How to access keystore
	List filelist = new ArrayList(); // The files to digest
 
	// Parse the command-line arguments, overriding the defaults above
	for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
	    if (args[i].equals("-v"))
		verify = true;
	    else if (args[i].equals("-m"))
		manifestfile = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-da") && !verify)
		digestAlgorithm = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-s") && !verify)
		signername = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-sa") && !verify)
		signatureAlgorithm = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-p"))
		password = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-keystore"))
		keystoreFile = new File(args[++i]);
	    else if (args[i].equals("-keystoreType"))
		keystoreType = args[++i];
	    else if (args[i].equals("-keystorePassword"))
		keystorePassword = args[++i];
 
	    else if (!verify)
		filelist.add(args[i]);
	    else
		throw new IllegalArgumentException(args[i]);
	}
 
	// If certain arguments weren't supplied, get default values.
	if (keystoreFile == null) {
	    File dir = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"));
	    keystoreFile = new File(dir, ".keystore");
	}
	if (keystoreType == null)
	    keystoreType = KeyStore.getDefaultType();
	if (keystorePassword == null)
	    keystorePassword = password;
 
	if (!verify && signername != null && password == null) {
	    System.out.println("Use -p to specify a password.");
	    return;
	}
 
	// Get the keystore we'll use for signing or verifying signatures
	// If no password was provided, then assume we won't be dealing with
	// signatures, and skip the keystore.
	KeyStore keystore = null;
	if (keystorePassword != null) {
	    keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(keystoreType);
	    InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(keystoreFile));
	    keystore.load(in, keystorePassword.toCharArray());
	}
 
	// If -v was specified or no file were given, verify a manifest
	// Otherwise, create a new manifest for the specified files
	if (verify || (filelist.size() == 0))
	    verify(manifestfile, keystore);
	else
	    create(manifestfile, digestAlgorithm, signername, signatureAlgorithm, keystore, password, filelist);
    }
 
    /**
     * This method creates a manifest file with the specified name, for the specified vector of
     * files, using the named message digest algorithm. If signername is non-null, it adds a digital
     * signature to the manifest, using the named signature algorithm. This method can throw a bunch
     * of exceptions.
     */
    public static void create(String manifestfile, String digestAlgorithm, String signername, String signatureAlgorithm,
	    KeyStore keystore, String password, List filelist) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException,
	    SignatureException, KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException, IOException {
	// For computing a signature, we have to process the files in a fixed,
	// repeatable order, so sort them alphabetically.
	Collections.sort(filelist);
	int numfiles = filelist.size();
 
	Properties manifest = new Properties(), metadata = new Properties();
	MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(digestAlgorithm);
	Signature signature = null;
	byte[] digest;
 
	// If a signer name was specified, then prepare to sign the manifest
	if (signername != null) {
	    // Get a Signature object
	    signature = Signature.getInstance(signatureAlgorithm);
 
	    // Look up the private key of the signer from the keystore
	    PrivateKey key = (PrivateKey) keystore.getKey(signername, password.toCharArray());
 
	    // No prepare to create a signature for the specified signer
	    signature.initSign(key);
	}
 
	// Now, loop through the files, in a well-known alphabetical order
	System.out.print("Computing message digests");
	for (int i = 0; i < numfiles; i++) {
	    String filename = (String) filelist.get(i);
	    // Compute the digest for each, and skip files that don't exist.
	    try {
		digest = getFileDigest(filename, md);
	    } catch (IOException e) {
		System.err.println("\nSkipping " + filename + ": " + e);
		continue;
	    }
	    // If we're computing a signature, use the bytes of the filename
	    // and of the digest as part of the data to sign.
	    if (signature != null) {
		signature.update(filename.getBytes());
		signature.update(digest);
	    }
	    // Store the filename and the encoded digest bytes in the manifest
	    manifest.put(filename, hexEncode(digest));
	    System.out.print('.');
	    System.out.flush();
	}
 
	// If a signer was specified, compute signature for the manifest
	byte[] signaturebytes = null;
	if (signature != null) {
	    System.out.print("done\nComputing digital signature...");
	    System.out.flush();
 
	    // Compute the digital signature by encrypting a message digest of
	    // all the bytes passed to the update() method using the private
	    // key of the signer. This is a time consuming operation.
	    signaturebytes = signature.sign();
	}
 
	// Tell the user what comes next
	System.out.print("done\nWriting manifest...");
	System.out.flush();
 
	// Store some metadata about this manifest, including the name of the
	// message digest algorithm it uses
	metadata.put("__META.DIGESTALGORITHM", digestAlgorithm);
	// If we're signing the manifest, store some more metadata
	if (signername != null) {
	    // Store the name of the signer
	    metadata.put("__META.SIGNER", signername);
	    // Store the name of the algorithm
	    metadata.put("__META.SIGNATUREALGORITHM", signatureAlgorithm);
	    // And generate the signature, encode it, and store it
	    metadata.put("__META.SIGNATURE", hexEncode(signaturebytes));
	}
 
	// Now, save the manifest data and the metadata to the manifest file
	FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(manifestfile);
	manifest.store(f, "Manifest message digests");
	metadata.store(f, "Manifest metadata");
	System.out.println("done");
    }
 
    /**
     * This method verifies the digital signature of the named manifest file, if it has one, and if
     * that verification succeeds, it verifies the message digest of each file in filelist that is
     * also named in the manifest. This method can throw a bunch of exceptions
     */
    public static void verify(String manifestfile, KeyStore keystore) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, SignatureException,
	    InvalidKeyException, KeyStoreException, IOException {
	Properties manifest = new Properties();
	manifest.load(new FileInputStream(manifestfile));
	String digestAlgorithm = manifest.getProperty("__META.DIGESTALGORITHM");
	String signername = manifest.getProperty("__META.SIGNER");
	String signatureAlgorithm = manifest.getProperty("__META.SIGNATUREALGORITHM");
	String hexsignature = manifest.getProperty("__META.SIGNATURE");
 
	// Get a list of filenames in the manifest.
	List files = new ArrayList();
	Enumeration names = manifest.propertyNames();
	while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
	    String s = (String) names.nextElement();
	    if (!s.startsWith("__META"))
		files.add(s);
	}
	int numfiles = files.size();
 
	// If we've got a signature but no keystore, warn the user
	if (signername != null && keystore == null)
	    System.out.println("Can't verify digital signature without " + "a keystore.");
 
	// If the manifest contained metadata about a digital signature, then
	// verify that signature first
	if (signername != null && keystore != null) {
	    System.out.print("Verifying digital signature...");
	    System.out.flush();
 
	    // To verify the signature, we must process the files in exactly
	    // the same order we did when we created the signature. We
	    // guarantee this order by sorting the filenames.
	    Collections.sort(files);
 
	    // Create a Signature object to do signature verification with.
	    // Initialize it with the signer's public key from the keystore
	    Signature signature = Signature.getInstance(signatureAlgorithm);
	    PublicKey publickey = keystore.getCertificate(signername).getPublicKey();
	    signature.initVerify(publickey);
 
	    // Now loop through these files in their known sorted order For
	    // each one, send the bytes of the filename and of the digest to
	    // the signature object for use in computing the signature. It is
	    // important that this be done in exactly the same order when
	    // verifying the signature as it was done when creating the
	    // signature.
	    for (int i = 0; i < numfiles; i++) {
		String filename = (String) files.get(i);
		signature.update(filename.getBytes());
		signature.update(hexDecode(manifest.getProperty(filename)));
	    }
 
	    // Now decode the signature read from the manifest file and pass
	    // it to the verify() method of the signature object. If the
	    // signature is not verified, print an error message and exit.
	    if (!signature.verify(hexDecode(hexsignature))) {
		System.out.println("\nManifest has an invalid signature");
		System.exit(0);
	    }
 
	    // Tell the user we're done with this lengthy computation
	    System.out.println("verified.");
	}
 
	// Tell the user we're starting the next phase of verification
	System.out.print("Verifying file message digests");
	System.out.flush();
 
	// Get a MessageDigest object to compute digests
	MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(digestAlgorithm);
	// Loop through all files
	for (int i = 0; i < numfiles; i++) {
	    String filename = (String) files.get(i);
	    // Look up the encoded digest from the manifest file
	    String hexdigest = manifest.getProperty(filename);
	    // Compute the digest for the file.
	    byte[] digest;
	    try {
		digest = getFileDigest(filename, md);
	    } catch (IOException e) {
		System.out.println("\nSkipping " + filename + ": " + e);
		continue;
	    }
 
	    // Encode the computed digest and compare it to the encoded digest
	    // from the manifest. If they are not equal, print an error
	    // message.
	    if (!hexdigest.equals(hexEncode(digest)))
		System.out.println("\nFile '" + filename + "' failed verification.");
 
	    // Send one dot of output for each file we process. Since
	    // computing message digests takes some time, this lets the user
	    // know that the program is functioning and making progress
	    System.out.print(".");
	    System.out.flush();
	}
	// And tell the user we're done with verification.
	System.out.println("done.");
    }
 
    /**
     * This convenience method is used by both create() and verify(). It reads the contents of a
     * named file and computes a message digest for it, using the specified MessageDigest object.
     */
    public static byte[] getFileDigest(String filename, MessageDigest md) throws IOException {
	// Make sure there is nothing left behind in the MessageDigest
	md.reset();
 
	// Create a stream to read from the file and compute the digest
	DigestInputStream in = new DigestInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename), md);
 
	// Read to the end of the file, discarding everything we read.
	// The DigestInputStream automatically passes all the bytes read to
	// the update() method of the MessageDigest
	while (in.read(buffer) != -1)
	    /* do nothing */;
 
	// Finally, compute and return the digest value.
	return md.digest();
    }
 
    /** This static buffer is used by getFileDigest() above */
    public static byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
 
    /** This array is used to convert from bytes to hexadecimal numbers */
    static final char[] digits = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' };
 
    /**
     * A convenience method to convert an array of bytes to a String. We do this simply by
     * converting each byte to two hexadecimal digits. Something like Base 64 encoding is more
     * compact, but harder to encode.
     */
    public static String hexEncode(byte[] bytes) {
	StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(bytes.length * 2);
	for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
	    byte b = bytes[i];
	    s.append(digits[(b & 0xf0) >> 4]);
	    s.append(digits[b & 0x0f]);
	}
	return s.toString();
    }
 
    /**
     * A convenience method to convert in the other direction, from a string of hexadecimal digits
     * to an array of bytes.
     */
    public static byte[] hexDecode(String s) throws IllegalArgumentException {
	try {
	    int len = s.length();
	    byte[] r = new byte[len / 2];
	    for (int i = 0; i < r.length; i++) {
		int digit1 = s.charAt(i * 2), digit2 = s.charAt(i * 2 + 1);
		if ((digit1 >= '0') && (digit1 <= '9'))
		    digit1 -= '0';
		else if ((digit1 >= 'a') && (digit1 <= 'f'))
		    digit1 -= 'a' - 10;
		if ((digit2 >= '0') && (digit2 <= '9'))
		    digit2 -= '0';
		else if ((digit2 >= 'a') && (digit2 <= 'f'))
		    digit2 -= 'a' - 10;
		r[i] = (byte) ((digit1 << 4) + digit2);
	    }
	    return r;
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("hexDecode(): invalid input");
	}
    }
}

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