FIDO device onboarding glossary

Learn more about the FIDO device onboarding terminology.

Table 1. FDO glossary
Term	Description
FDO	FIDO Device Onboarding.
Device	Any hardware, device, or computer.
Device Credential (DC)	Key credential and rendezvous stored in the device at manufacture.
Keys	Keys to configure the manufacturing server key_path cert_path key_type mfg_string_type: device serial number allowed_key_storage_types: Filesystem and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) that protects the data used to authenticate the device you are using.
Manufacturer	The device manufacturer.
Manufacturer server	Creates the device credentials for the device.
Manufacturer client	Informs the location of the manufacturing server.
Owner	The final owner of the device - a company or an IT department.
Ownership Voucher (OV)	Record of ownership of an individual device. Contains the following information: Owner (`fdo-owner-onboarding-service`) Rendezvous Server - FIDO server (`fdo-rendezvous-server`) Device (at least one combination) (`fdo-manufacturing-service`)
Rendezvous server	Link to a server used by the device and later on, used on the process to find out who is the owner of the device

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