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Bug #7234

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Validate SystemMetadata.checksumAlgorithm in the DataONE API calls

Added by Chris Jones about 6 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
metacat
Target version:
-
Start date:
12/19/2017
Due date:
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Description

Bryce pointed out that we have many incorrect checksumAlgorithm strings various MNs. See https://github.nceas.ucsb.edu/KNB/arctic-data/issues/283. The upshot is that SHA-* is the broadly supported syntax.

I checked the strings with:

package org.dataone.tests;

import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class MessageDigestDTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MessageDigest md = null;
        List<String> algorithms = new ArrayList<String>();
        algorithms.add("MD5");
        algorithms.add("MD-5");
        algorithms.add("SHA1");
        algorithms.add("SHA-1");
        algorithms.add("SHA224");
        algorithms.add("SHA-224");        
        algorithms.add("SHA256");
        algorithms.add("SHA-256");        
        algorithms.add("SHA384");
        algorithms.add("SHA-384");
        algorithms.add("SHA512");
        algorithms.add("SHA-512");

        for (String algorithm : algorithms) {

            try {
                md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
                System.out.println(md.getAlgorithm() + " is recognized.");

            } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());

            }            
        }        
    }
}

and got:

MD5 is recognized.
MD-5 MessageDigest not available
SHA1 is recognized.
SHA-1 is recognized.
SHA224 MessageDigest not available
SHA-224 is recognized.
SHA256 MessageDigest not available
SHA-256 is recognized.
SHA384 MessageDigest not available
SHA-384 is recognized.
SHA512 MessageDigest not available
SHA-512 is recognized.

Change MNodeService, CNodeService, and D1NodeService methods that send or receive SystemMetadata documents and validate the given string with MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm). If we get a NoSuchAlgorithm exception, throw an InvalidSystemMetadata exception for the call.

Actions #1

Updated by Matt Jones about 6 years ago

The definition of the [ChecksumAlgorithm](https://releases.dataone.org/online/api-documentation-v2.0.1/apis/Types.html#Types.ChecksumAlgorithm) type says that algorithm names must be drawn from the Library of Congress controlled vocabulary:

The cryptographic hash algorithm used to calculate a checksum. DataONE recognizes the Library of Congress list of cryptographic hash algorithms that can be used as names in this field, and specifically uses the madsrdf:authoritativeLabel field as the name of the algorithm in this field. See: Library of Congress Cryptographic Algorithm Vocabulary. All compliant implementations must support at least SHA-1 and MD5, but may support other algorithms as well.

We should be checking against that list, and not the Java names, which may not be language neutral.

Actions #2

Updated by Jing Tao about 6 years ago

According the list here http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/cryptographicHashFunctions.html
some names from the list are:
MD5
SHA-1
SHA-256
SHA-384
SHA-512

It doesn't show SHA-224. I am not sure if it is in the list.

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