proof-aware-crypto-tooling-.../dogfood/pacta-verified-verify
mrwulf b8ffbafa7f The provider eats its own dogfood: root signatures via the merkleized library
The dogfood principle now runs in BOTH directions. Agents already
verified signatures through the proven dalek path; now the provider
SIGNS with it too, and proves to itself that the signing code is in its
own log before every signature:

- dogfood binary gains a `sign` mode (seed over stdin, never argv;
  ed25519_dalek::SigningKey from the same pinned merkleized workspace).
  Honesty ledger unchanged: the library's VERIFY path is
  certificate-covered; its signing path is declared trusted base - but
  it is the ATTESTED artifact, not an un-attested third implementation.
- sign_payload_ed25519_detailed: signing dispatch mirroring the verify
  dispatch; the backend that actually signed is recorded in every
  attestation signature block and STH.
- THE SELF-REFERENTIAL CHECK: before signing any tree head, the
  provider runs the SAME Merkle inclusion verification an agent runs -
  against the very tree it is about to sign - for the newest leaf
  attesting the signing library itself, and embeds the result in the
  signature block:
    signing_provenance:
      signing_backend: verified-dalek-serial
      signing_library_component: dalek-ed25519-verified
      signing_library_source_commit: aa0f6ab...
      self_inclusion: verified
      signing_library_leaf_index: 4
      signing_library_certificates_proven: 16/16
  A root signature that names the leaf vouching for the code that
  produced it. First-append chicken-and-egg is handled honestly
  (self_inclusion: library_not_in_log).
- Evidence refreshed: all four receipts re-issued under dogfood-signed
  STHs; the full agent verify loop re-run green.

50/50 tests (new signing roundtrip test, skip-safe where unbuilt).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 15:21:17 +02:00
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src The provider eats its own dogfood: root signatures via the merkleized library 2026-07-06 15:21:17 +02:00
Cargo.toml.template Dogfood cryptography: pacta verifies signatures through the PROVEN code path 2026-07-06 10:13:48 +02:00