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📝 A witness 💻 A security checker
attester

attester

9.1
A device or program that creates a secure report of a computer's state for another computer
  • noun
  • /əˈtɛstər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : atestado
  • The platform's attester generates cryptographic proofs to confirm the system's state for the remote verifier.

Examples

  • Developers updated the server's attester to include TPM-based measurements before deployment.

  • During the audit, the cloud provider produced logs from several attesters showing measured boot values.

  • The platform's attester reports a trusted measurement to the remote verifier during startup.

  • The attester verified the system's integrity.

  • An attester is crucial for secure communications.

  • Before sending data, the server's attester securely reports the system's integrity measurements.

  • In digital security, an attester provides essential proof that the software is running as expected.

Synonyms

authenticator
vsattester
  • Specialized
4 7.1

A person or device that checks if something is real

creates cryptographic proof about system state and presents it to a remote verifier
attestor
vsattester
  • Specialized
9.9

A device or program that sends signed proof that a computer has not been changed to another system

is the same concept but expressed using a different word form
attestation service
vsattester
  • Specialized
7.0

A digital service that proves a computer or device is secure and set up correctly

focuses on a device or component that creates and sends proof to a verifier

How Trustworthy

attester
  • Specialized
9.1
log
429 3.1

Surface Forms

attester singular
attesters plural

Morphology

attester = attest (transparent) = attest + er

Agentive formation from 'attest' yields 'one that attests'; the technical computing sense is a domain-specific application but the structure and basic meaning are predictable.

Etymology

The computing sense of attester keeps the same idea: it comes from attest ('witness' or 'give proof'), so an attester is a device or program that 'witnesses' a computer's state and gives proof to others that it is correct.