diff --git a/nvflare/app_opt/confidential_computing/maa_authorizer.py b/nvflare/app_opt/confidential_computing/maa_authorizer.py
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--- a/nvflare/app_opt/confidential_computing/maa_authorizer.py
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-# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import subprocess
-
-import jwt
-from jwt import PyJWKClient
-
-from nvflare.app_opt.confidential_computing.cc_authorizer import CCAuthorizer
-
-MAA_NAMESPACE = "x-ms"
-maa_endpoint = "sharedeus2.eus2.attest.azure.net"
-
-
-class MAAAuthorizer(CCAuthorizer):
-    def generate(self):
-        cmd = ["sudo", "AttestationClient", "-o", "token"]
-        cp = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True)
-        # print(f"{cp.stdout=}\n{cp.stderr=}")
-        # print(token)
-        token = cp.stdout
-        return cp.stdout
-
-    def verify(self, token):
-        try:
-            header = jwt.get_unverified_header(token)
-            # print(f"{header=}")
-            alg = header.get("alg")
-            jwks_client = PyJWKClient(f"https://{maa_endpoint}/certs")
-            signing_key = jwks_client.get_signing_key_from_jwt(token)
-            claims = jwt.decode(token, signing_key.key, algorithms=[alg])
-            if claims:
-                # print(f"{claims=}")
-                return True
-        except:
-            return False
-        return True
-
-    def can_generate(self) -> bool:
-        return True
-
-    def can_verify(self) -> bool:
-        return True
-
-    def get_namespace(self) -> str:
-        return MAA_NAMESPACE
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    m = MAAAuthorizer()
-    token = m.generate()
-    print(type(token))
-    v = m.verify(token)
-    print(v)