Make it possible to change the signature reservation

README.adoc

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ the Cairo library.  As such, it currently comes with some restrictions:
    overwritten
  * the document may not employ cross-reference streams, or must constitute
    a hybrid-reference file at least
- * the signature may take at most 4 kilobytes as a compile-time limit,
-   which should be enough space even for one intermediate certificate
 
 The signature is attached to the first page and has no appearance.
 
@@ -37,6 +35,10 @@ Usage
 
  $ ./pdf-simple-sign document.pdf document.signed.pdf KeyAndCerts.p12 password
 
+If the signature doesn't fit within the default reservation of 4 kibibytes,
+you might need to adjust it using the `-r` option, or throw out any unnecessary
+intermediate certificates.
+
 Contributing and Support
 ------------------------
 Use https://git.janouch.name/p/pdf-simple-sign to report bugs, request features,

cmd/pdf-simple-sign/main.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2018, Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name>
+// Copyright (c) 2018 - 2020, Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name>
 //
 // Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 // purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"janouch.name/pdf-simple-sign/pdf"
 	"os"
+
+	"janouch.name/pdf-simple-sign/pdf"
 )
 
 // #include <unistd.h>
@@ -39,10 +40,13 @@ func die(status int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func usage() {
-	die(1, "Usage: %s [-h] INPUT-FILENAME OUTPUT-FILENAME "+
+	die(1, "Usage: %s [-h] [-r RESERVATION] INPUT-FILENAME OUTPUT-FILENAME "+
 		"PKCS12-PATH PKCS12-PASS", os.Args[0])
 }
 
+var reservation = flag.Int(
+	"r", 4096, "signature reservation as a number of bytes")
+
 func main() {
 	flag.Usage = usage
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	inputPath, outputPath := flag.Arg(0), flag.Arg(1)
-	pdfDocument, err := ioutil.ReadFile(inputPath)
+	doc, err := ioutil.ReadFile(inputPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		die(1, "%s", err)
 	}
@@ -63,10 +67,10 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		die(3, "%s", err)
 	}
-	if pdfDocument, err = pdf.Sign(pdfDocument, key, certs); err != nil {
+	if doc, err = pdf.Sign(doc, key, certs, *reservation); err != nil {
 		die(4, "error: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, pdfDocument, 0666); err != nil {
+	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, doc, 0666); err != nil {
 		die(5, "%s", err)
 	}
 }

pdf-simple-sign.cpp

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 using uint = unsigned int;
+using ushort = unsigned short;
 
 static std::string concatenate(const std::vector<std::string>& v, const std::string& delim) {
   std::string res;
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ error:
 /// https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/DigSig/Acrobat_DigitalSignatures_in_PDF.pdf
 /// https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf
 /// https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/PPKAppearances.pdf
-static std::string pdf_sign(std::string& document) {
+static std::string pdf_sign(std::string& document, ushort reservation) {
   pdf_updater pdf(document);
   auto err = pdf.initialize();
   if (!err.empty())
@@ -855,7 +856,7 @@ static std::string pdf_sign(std::string& document) {
     pdf.document.append((byterange_len = 32 /* fine for a gigabyte */), ' ');
     pdf.document.append("\n   /Contents <");
     sign_off = pdf.document.size();
-    pdf.document.append((sign_len = 8192 /* certificate, digest, encrypted digest, ... */), '0');
+    pdf.document.append((sign_len = reservation * 2), '0');
     pdf.document.append("> >>");
 
     // We actually need to exclude the hexstring quotes from signing
@@ -945,15 +946,18 @@ static void die(int status, const char* format, ...) {
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   auto invocation_name = argv[0];
   auto usage = [=]{
-    die(1, "Usage: %s [-h] INPUT-FILENAME OUTPUT-FILENAME PKCS12-PATH PKCS12-PASS",
+    die(1, "Usage: %s [-h] [-r RESERVATION] INPUT-FILENAME OUTPUT-FILENAME PKCS12-PATH PKCS12-PASS",
             invocation_name);
   };
 
   static struct option opts[] = {
     {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+    {"reservation", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
     {nullptr, 0, 0, 0},
   };
 
+  // Reserved space in bytes for the certificate, digest, encrypted digest, ...
+  long reservation = 4096;
   while (1) {
     int option_index = 0;
     auto c = getopt_long(argc, const_cast<char* const*>(argv),
@@ -961,9 +965,16 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     if (c == -1)
       break;
 
+    char* end = nullptr;
     switch (c) {
-    case 'h': usage(); break;
-    default: usage();
+    case 'r':
+      errno = 0, reservation = strtol(optarg, &end, 10);
+      if (errno || *end || reservation <= 0 || reservation > USHRT_MAX)
+        die(1, "%s: must be a positive number", optarg);
+      break;
+    case 'h':
+    default:
+      usage();
     }
   }
 
@@ -990,7 +1001,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     die(1, "%s: %s", input_path, strerror(errno));
   }
 
-  auto err = pdf_sign(pdf_document);
+  auto err = pdf_sign(pdf_document, ushort(reservation));
   if (!err.empty()) {
     die(2, "Error: %s", err.c_str());
   }

pdf/pdf.go

@@ -1115,12 +1115,14 @@ func FillInSignature(document []byte, signOff, signLen int,
 // There must be at least one certificate, matching the private key.
 // The certificates must form a chain.
 //
+// A good default for the reservation is around 4096 (the value is in bytes).
+//
 // The presumption here is that the document is valid and that it doesn't
 // employ cross-reference streams from PDF 1.5, or at least constitutes
 // a hybrid-reference file. The results with PDF 2.0 (2017) are currently
 // unknown as the standard costs money.
-func Sign(document []byte,
-	key crypto.PrivateKey, certs []*x509.Certificate) ([]byte, error) {
+func Sign(document []byte, key crypto.PrivateKey, certs []*x509.Certificate,
+	reservation int) ([]byte, error) {
 	pdf, err := NewUpdater(document)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1152,7 +1154,7 @@ func Sign(document []byte,
 		buf.WriteString("\n   /Contents <")
 
 		signOff = buf.Len()
-		signLen = 8192 // cert, digest, encrypted digest, ...
+		signLen = reservation * 2 // cert, digest, encrypted digest, ...
 		buf.Write(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'0'}, signLen))
 		buf.WriteString("> >>")