Confidential Computing Attestation vs TLS Certificate Trust Models
Attestation proves what code is running; TLS only proves who you're talking to.
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8 stories in Attestation and Verifiable Computing.
Attestation proves what code is running; TLS only proves who you're talking to.
RFC 9334 defines how remote systems prove their actual runtime state, not just their identity.
Cryptographic logs make it impossible to hide who trained a model or when it changed.
SGX bakes attestation into silicon while TrustZone leaves it to implementers to build.
Attackers replay valid tokens to bypass security checks that depend on current device state.
Measured Boot creates a tamper-proof record of everything that runs before your OS loads.
Cryptographically binding AI models to their provenance without reinventing supply chain security.
Understanding the three-participant model unlocks how attestation actually works.