Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing
Overview
The Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing consists of a client API called the Certifier API and server-based policy evaluation server called the Certifier Service.
The Certifier API greatly simplifies and unifies programming and operations support for multi-vendor Confidential Computing platforms by providing simple client trust management, including attestation evaluation, secure storage, platform initialization, secret sharing, secure channels and other services.
The Certifier Service provides support for scalable, policy-driven trust management, including attestation evaluation, application upgrade and other Confidential Computing Trust services.
This project was started at VMware Inc.
Except as expressly noted in individual source files, the code and accompanying material is licensed for general use under the Apache 2.0 License. Some test drivers are licensed under GPL 2.0; fortunately, there are very few affected files and none of the GPL code is required in the Certifier API, sample applications, utilities or the Certifier Service.
Please consult the LICENSE file for APACHE 2.0 details and terms. By using this software you agree to those terms of the respective licenses.
The repository contains the complete Certifier Framework source and a number of examples as well as complete instructions. In particular, the sample program in sample_apps/simple_app example_app.cc is a complete guide for building and developing an application, and policy, as well as deploying a service.
Documentation and Installation
Instructions on building the Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing can be found in INSTALL.md and additional documentation can be found in the Doc subdirectory.
Feedback and questions
Feedback and questions can be submitted on the github site. All feedback will be treated as licensed under the Apache license.
Contributing
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License
Except as expressly set forth in a source file, the contents of this repository are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license which is included in the LICENSE file. There are a very few files, used for testing (and not included in the API or services) that have other license terms.
