IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue - Hardware & Software Remarks
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input and output channels within the module must be explicitly declared. In
addition to specific details of the way the crypto component is integrated into
the intended application environment, the methods of operating and using the
crypto component must also be described.
The documentation should also contain a survey of the security functionality,
and if possible point out dependence on hardware, firmware or software that is
not included directly in the scope of supply of the crypto component,
depending on the conceptual design of the component.
The documentation about the module interfaces must be provided by the
module vendor. The documentation is required in a variety of circumstances,
for example by an administrator who intends integrating the crypto module
into his system environment or by an evaluator who would like to carry out a
security assessment of the crypto module.
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000