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+#!/bin/sh
+
+####################################################################
+# Usage: validate_release.sh <release-tag>
+#
+# Requirements for usage
+#
+# 1) You need to have the following tools installed
+# a) gpg
+# b) jq
+# c) ghcli
+#
+# Additional requirements
+# 1) you must be authenticated in ghcli as a user that has access to draft releases
+# 2) You must have the openssl public key imported to your gpg key ring
+######################################################################
+
+TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/validation.XXXXXX)
+
+trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
+
+RELEASE=$1
+
+mkdir $TEMPDIR/assets
+cd $TEMPDIR/assets
+
+# check tool status 
+if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "You must have jq installed to use this tool"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v gpg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "You must have gpg installed to use this tool"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v gh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "You must have gh installed to use this tool"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Ensure the openssl public key is in our keyring
+gpg --list-keys BA5473A2B0587B07FB27CF2D216094DFD0CB81EF >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "OpenSSL GPG key not found in keyring, can't validate release"
+    echo "Please import openssls gpg public key from https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/BA5473A2B0587B07FB27CF2D216094DFD0CB81EF"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Ensure we are logged in via gh
+gh auth status
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Not logged into github, please authenticate via gh auth login"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the release
+echo "Downloading release artifacts for $RELEASE"
+gh release download -R openssl/openssl $RELEASE
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Release download failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Validate the signatures and sha256/sha1 sums
+echo "Verifying archive signature"
+gpg --verify $RELEASE.tar.gz.asc $RELEASE.tar.gz
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Release Signature validation failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Verifying archive sha1sum"
+sha1sum --check $RELEASE.tar.gz.sha1
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Release SHA1sum validation failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Verifying archive sha256sum"
+sha256sum --check $RELEASE.tar.gz.sha256
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Release SHA1sum validation failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SKIP_SBOM=no
+if [ ! -f $RELEASE.sbom.asc ]; then
+    echo "This release has no SBOM artifact, is that expected[n/y]?"
+    read ANSWER
+    case "$ANSWER" in
+        y*)
+            SKIP_SBOM=yes
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Failing validation as we expect an SBOM artifact"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_SBOM" == "yes" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping SBOM signature validation"
+else
+    echo "Verifying SBOM signature"
+    gpg --verify $RELEASE.sbom.asc $RELEASE.sbom
+
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "SBOM signature validation failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Extract the archive, and fetch the corresponding git tag
+echo "Extracting archive"
+tar xf $RELEASE.tar.gz
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Extract of archive failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Cloning repository"
+git clone --branch $RELEASE --single-branch https://github.com/openssl/openssl
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Git clone failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+GITTAGCOMMIT=$(cd openssl; git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+if [ "$SKIP_SBOM" == "no" ]; then
+    echo "Validating SBOM contents..this will take a moment"
+
+    SBOMFILE=./$RELEASE.sbom
+    for archivefile in $(cd $RELEASE; find * -type f); do
+       if [ ! -s $RELEASE/$archivefile ]; then
+         echo "$archivefile is zero length, skipping"
+         continue
+       fi
+       GITSHA256=$(sha256sum openssl/$archivefile | awk '{print $1}')
+       SBOMFILE256=$(sha256sum $RELEASE/$archivefile | awk '{print $1}')
+       SBOM256=$(jq -r --arg sbfile "$archivefile" '.files[] | select(has("fileName")) | select(.fileName==$sbfile) | .checksums[1].checksumValue' $SBOMFILE)
+       # every non-zero length file in the archive needs to have an SBOM entry
+       if [ "$SBOM256" == "" ]; then
+         echo "$archivefile is missing from SBOM, failing validation!"
+         exit 1
+       fi
+       if [ "$GITSHA256" != "$SBOM256" ]; then
+         echo "$archivefile sha256sums don't match between git and release tarball!"
+         exit 1
+       fi
+       if [ "$GITSHA256" != "$SBOMFILE256" ]; then
+         echo "$archivefile sha256sums don't match between sbom and release tarball!"
+         exit 1
+       fi
+    done
+fi
+
+echo "====================================================="
+echo "Release integrity validated!"
+cat  $RELEASE.tar.gz.sha1
+cat  $RELEASE.tar.gz.sha256
+echo "GIT TAG COMMIT $GITTAGCOMMIT"
+echo "====================================================="
+exit 0
+