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expand TUF's usage in sigstore

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[Dan Lorenc][], an engineer at Google, designed a tool that allows
users to sign "artifacts". Typically, those are container images
(e.g. [cosign](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign) is named so because it signs "containers"), but
(e.g. [cosign][] is named so because it signs "containers"), but
anything can be signed.
It also works with a transparency log server called [rekor](https://github.com/sigstore/rekor). They
[Dan Lorenc]: https://github.com/dlorenc
[cosign]: https://github.com/sigstore/cosign
It also works with a transparency log server called [rekor][]. They
run a public instance, but we could also run our own. It is currently
unclear if we could have both, but it's apparently possible to run a
"monitor" that would check the log for consistency.
There's also a system for [signing binaries with ephemeral keys](https://shibumi.dev/posts/first-look-into-cosign/)
[rekor]: https://github.com/sigstore/rekor
There's also a system for [signing binaries with ephemeral keys][]
which seems counter-intuitive but actually works nicely for CI jobs.
[signing binaries with ephemeral keys]: https://shibumi.dev/posts/first-look-into-cosign/
Seems very promising, maintained by Google, RedHat, and supported by
the Linux foundation. Complementary to [in-toto][] and [TUF][].
the Linux foundation. Complementary to [in-toto][] and [TUF][]. TUF is
actually used to create the [root keys][] which are controlled, at
the time of writing, by:
[TUF]: https://theupdateframework.io/
[in-toto]: https://github.com/in-toto/in-toto
[Dan Lorenc]: https://github.com/dlorenc
[TUF]: https://theupdateframework.io/
[root keys]: https://github.com/sigstore/root-signing
* [Bob Callaway][] (Google)
* [Dan Lorenc][] (Google)
* [Luke Hinds][] (RedHat)
* [Marina Moore][] (NYU)
* [Santiago Torres][] (Purdue)
[Luke Hinds]: https://github.com/lukehinds
[Marina Moore]: https://github.com/mnm678
[Santiago Torres]: https://github.com/SantiagoTorres
[Bob Callaway]: https://github.com/bobcallaway
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