Verification of disk.raw file and digest file contents using OpenSSL
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You can verify the Google Cloud downloaded disk.raw file against the digest file contents available through the NSS using OpenSSL.
The OpenSSL commands to validate the image are compatible with Linux, Mac OS, and Windows machines. |
Steps
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Verify the certificate using OpenSSL.
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# Step 1 - Optional, but recommended: Verify the certificate using OpenSSL # Step 1.1 - Copy the Certificate and certificate chain to a directory $ openssl version LibreSSL 3.3.6 $ ls -l total 48 -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 8537 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 2365 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem # Step 1.2 - Get the OSCP URL $ oscp_url=$(openssl x509 -noout -ocsp_uri -in <Certificate-Chain.pem>) $ oscp_url=$(openssl x509 -noout -ocsp_uri -in Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem) $ echo $oscp_url http://ocsp.entrust.net # Step 1.3 - Generate an OCSP request for the certificate $ openssl ocsp -issuer <Certificate-Chain.pem> -CAfile <Certificate-Chain.pem> -cert <Certificate.pem> -reqout <request.der> $ openssl ocsp -issuer Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -CAfile Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -cert Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -reqout req.der # Step 1.4 - Optional: Check the new file "req.der" has been generated $ ls -l total 56 -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 8537 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 2365 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 example-user engr 120 Jan 19 16:50 req.der # Step 1.5 - Connect to the OCSP Manager using openssl to send the OCSP request $ openssl ocsp -issuer <Certificate-Chain.pem> -CAfile <Certificate-Chain.pem> -cert <Certificate.pem> -url ${ocsp_url} -resp_text -respout <response.der> $ openssl ocsp -issuer Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -CAfile Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -cert Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -url ${ocsp_url} -resp_text -respout resp.der OCSP Response Data: OCSP Response Status: successful (0x0) Response Type: Basic OCSP Response Version: 1 (0x0) Responder Id: C = US, O = "Entrust, Inc.", CN = Entrust Extended Validation Code Signing CA - EVCS2 Produced At: Jan 19 15:14:00 2023 GMT Responses: Certificate ID: Hash Algorithm: sha1 Issuer Name Hash: 69FA640329AB84E27220FE0927647B8194B91F2A Issuer Key Hash: CE894F8251AA15A28462CA312361D261FBF8FE78 Serial Number: 5994B3D01D26D594BD1D0FA7098C6FF5 Cert Status: good This Update: Jan 19 15:00:00 2023 GMT Next Update: Jan 26 14:59:59 2023 GMT Signature Algorithm: sha512WithRSAEncryption 0b:b6:61:e4:03:5f:98:6f:10:1c:9a:f7:5f:6f:c7:e3:f4:72: f2:30:f4:86:88:9a:b9:ba:1e:d6:f6:47:af:dc:ea:e4:cd:31: af:e3:7a:20:35:9e:60:db:28:9c:7f:2e:17:7b:a5:11:40:4f: 1e:72:f7:f8:ef:e3:23:43:1b:bb:28:1a:6f:c6:9c:c5:0c:14: d3:5d:bd:9b:6b:28:fb:94:5e:8a:ef:40:20:72:a4:41:df:55: cf:f3:db:1b:39:e0:30:63:c9:c7:1f:38:7e:7f:ec:f4:25:7b: 1e:95:4c:70:6c:83:17:c3:db:b2:47:e1:38:53:ee:0a:55:c0: 15:6a:82:20:b2:ea:59:eb:9c:ea:7e:97:aa:50:d7:bc:28:60: 8c:d4:21:92:1c:13:19:b4:e0:66:cb:59:ed:2e:f8:dc:7b:49: e3:40:f2:b6:dc:d7:2d:2e:dd:21:82:07:bb:3a:55:99:f7:59: 5d:4a:4d:ca:e7:8f:1c:d3:9a:3f:17:7b:7a:c4:57:b2:57:a8: b4:c0:a5:02:bd:59:9c:50:32:ff:16:b1:65:3a:9c:8c:70:3b: 9e:be:bc:4f:f9:86:97:b1:62:3c:b2:a9:46:08:be:6b:1b:3c: 24:14:59:28:c6:ae:e8:d5:64:b2:f8:cc:28:24:5c:b2:c8:d8: 5a:af:9d:55:48:96:f6:3e:c6:bf:a6:0c:a4:c0:ab:d6:57:03: 2b:72:43:b0:6a:9f:52:ef:43:bb:14:6a:ce:66:cc:6c:4e:66: 17:20:a3:64:e0:c6:d1:82:0a:d7:41:8a:cc:17:fd:21:b5:c6: d2:3a:af:55:2e:2a:b8:c7:21:41:69:e1:44:ab:a1:dd:df:6d: 15:99:90:cc:a0:74:1e:e5:2e:07:3f:50:e6:72:a6:b9:ae:fc: 44:15:eb:81:3d:1a:f8:17:b6:0b:ff:05:76:9d:30:06:40:72: cf:d5:c4:6f:8b:c9:14:76:09:6b:3d:6a:70:2c:5a:c4:51:92: e5:cd:84:b6:f9:d9:d5:bc:8d:72:b7:7c:13:9c:41:89:a8:97: 6f:4a:11:5f:8f:b6:c9:b5:df:00:7e:97:20:e7:29:2e:2b:12: 77:dc:e2:63:48:87:42:49:1d:fc:d0:94:a8:8d:18:f9:07:85: e4:d0:3e:9a:4a:d7:d5:d0:02:51:c3:51:1c:73:12:96:2d:75: 22:83:a6:70:5a:4a:2b:f2:98:d9:ae:1b:57:53:3d:3b:58:82: 38:fc:fa:cb:57:43:3f:3e:7e:e0:6d:5b:d6:fc:67:7e:07:7e: fb:a3:76:43:26:8f:d1:42:d6:a6:33:4e:9e:e0:a0:51:b4:c4: bc:e3:10:0d:bf:23:6c:4b WARNING: no nonce in response Response Verify OK Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem: good This Update: Jan 19 15:00:00 2023 GMT Next Update: Jan 26 14:59:59 2023 GMT # Step 1.5 - Optional: Check the response file "response.der" has been generated. Verify its contents. $ ls -l total 64 -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 8537 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user engr 2365 Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 example-user engr 120 Jan 19 16:50 req.der -rw-r--r-- 1 example-user engr 806 Jan 19 16:51 resp.der # Step 1.6 - Verify the chain of trust and expiration dates against the local host $ openssl version -d OPENSSLDIR: "/private/etc/ssl" $ OPENSSLDIR=$(openssl version -d | cut -d '"' -f2) $ echo $OPENSSLDIR /private/etc/ssl $ openssl verify -untrusted <Certificate-Chain.pem> -CApath <OpenSSL dir> <Certificate.pem> $ openssl verify -untrusted Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -CApath ${OPENSSLDIR} Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem: OK
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Place the downloaded disk.raw file, the signature, and certificates in a directory.
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Extract the public key from the certificate using OpenSSL.
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Decrypt the signature using the extracted public key and verify the contents of the downloaded disk.raw file.
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# Step 1 - Place the downloaded disk.raw, the signature and the certificates in a directory $ ls -l -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 GCP_CVO_20230119-XXXXXX_digest.sig -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 16:39 disk.raw # Step 2 - Extract the public key from the certificate $ openssl x509 -pubkey -noout -in (certificate.pem) > (public_key.pem) $ openssl x509 -pubkey -noout -in Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem > CVO-GCP-pubkey.pem $ ls -l -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-Chain-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 Certificate-GCP-CVO-20230119-0XXXXX.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 17:02 CVO-GCP-pubkey.pem -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 15:42 GCP_CVO_20230119-XXXXXX_digest.sig -rw-r--r--@ 1 example-user staff Jan 19 16:39 disk.raw # Step 3 - Decrypt the signature using the extracted public key and verify the contents of the downloaded disk.raw $ openssl dgst -verify (public_key) -keyform PEM -sha256 -signature (signed digest) -binary (downloaded or obtained disk.raw) $ openssl dgst -verify CVO-GCP-pubkey.pem -keyform PEM -sha256 -signature GCP_CVO_20230119-XXXXXX_digest.sig -binary disk.raw Verified OK # A failed response would look like this $ openssl dgst -verify CVO-GCP-pubkey.pem -keyform PEM -sha256 -signature GCP_CVO_20230119-XXXXXX_digest.sig -binary ../sample_file.txt Verification Failure