diff --git a/service_vm/comm/src/message.rs b/service_vm/comm/src/message.rs
index 80a9608..9f83b78 100644
--- a/service_vm/comm/src/message.rs
+++ b/service_vm/comm/src/message.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
     RequestClientVmAttestation(ClientVmAttestationParams),
 }
 
+impl Request {
+    /// Returns the name of the request.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Reverse(_) => "Reverse",
+            Self::GenerateEcdsaP256KeyPair => "GenerateEcdsaP256KeyPair",
+            Self::GenerateCertificateRequest(_) => "GenerateCertificateRequest",
+            Self::RequestClientVmAttestation(_) => "RequestClientVmAttestation",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the params passed to `Request::RequestClientVmAttestation`.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ClientVmAttestationParams {
@@ -98,6 +110,19 @@
     Err(RequestProcessingError),
 }
 
+impl Response {
+    /// Returns the name of the response.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Reverse(_) => "Reverse",
+            Self::GenerateEcdsaP256KeyPair(_) => "GenerateEcdsaP256KeyPair",
+            Self::GenerateCertificateRequest(_) => "GenerateCertificateRequest",
+            Self::RequestClientVmAttestation(_) => "RequestClientVmAttestation",
+            Self::Err(_) => "Err",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Errors related to request processing.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum RequestProcessingError {