saw this thread.

isn't the issue you're dealing with regarding the SBOM basically the same
problem faced with any other piece of software?

How does one know/trust that the app is built with trusted/validated
components?

thanks


On Tue, May 26, 2026, 8:43 PM Dick Brooks via curl-users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Thanks for responding, but a "html listing of components" won't work for
> our
> particular needs.
>
> Business Cyber Guardian works almost exclusively with the Software Consumer
> side to determine trustworthiness of a product before installation.
> We produce a "Trust Score" called a "SAGScore" that enables a consumer to
> make a risk based decision to install/not install a product, based on a
> statistically calculated
> SAGSCore, trust score.
>
> Our risk assessment product, SAG-PM, "needs" an SBOM, and if no SBOM is
> provided by the software supplier, then we create an extrapolated SBOM
> based
> on the distributed package contents.
>
> My customers want to know "What are you installing in my cyber ecosystem
> that could lead to cyber risk".
>
> We created an SBOM of the curl distribution package (the zip file) as part
> of a risk assessment where each leaf node in the zip file is represented as
> a component in the extrapolated SBOM file created by SAG-PM.
> The curl distribution  Package (zip file) contains 359 independent SBOM
> components, based on zip file contents.
>
> These 359 components are then subjected to a "vulnerability search" using
> NIST NVD to determine if there are any potential "known vulnerability
> risks".
> Any discovered risks will lower the trust score (SAGScore).
>
> An html file listing components is not sufficient for the risk assessment
> we
> perform. Only an SBOM that contains all of the components contained in a
> "distribution package"  will work for this risk assessment.
>
> I hope this helps to explain why we need an SBOM for the "distributed"
> (built/distributed package) in order to perform a proper, comprehensive
> risk
> assessment before installation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Brooks
>
> Active Member of the CISA Critical Manufacturing Sector,
> Sector Coordinating Council - A Public-Private Partnership
> Lifetime IEEE Member
> Never trust software, always verify and report! T
> Risk always exists, but trust must be earned and awarded.T
> https://businesscyberguardian.com/
> Email: [email protected]
> Tel: +1 978-696-1788
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: curl-users <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan
> Fandrich via curl-users
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Dan Fandrich <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: curl verification
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 02:08:06PM +0100, Jeremy Nicoll via curl-users
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 May 2026, at 13:30, Dick Brooks via curl-users wrote:
> > > This SBOM is just an extrapolation based on the zip file contents
> > > downloaded from here:
> > > https://curl.se/windows/
> >
> > Oh!  That's confusing.
> >
> > If one's on the curl website & follows the obvious top-of-page-banner
> > "download" option ... one ends up at: https://curl.se/download.html
> >
> > If you scroll that page down there's lots of other (3rd-party?) curl
> > Windows binaries offered.  How is someone supposed to find the page:
> >
> >   https://curl.se/windows/    ?
>
> The curl-provided binaries are listed along with all the other binaries.
> You'll see a link to that page in the Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit
> sections with the label "the curl project".
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