April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 48m
English
A finite state model (FSM) description of the module describes the operational and error states and how the module can transition between states.
The FIPS standard lists eight mandatory states: power on/off, general initialization, crypto officer, CSP entry, user, approved, self-test, and error.
A state like “approved” seems orthogonal to other states and so could be part of an approved/unapproved pair of states.
An illustration of 2 interconnected entities. They are approved and ...