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Designing to FIPS-140: A Guide for Engineers and Programmers
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Designing to FIPS-140: A Guide for Engineers and Programmers

by David Johnston, Richard Fant
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 48m
English
Apress
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D. Johnston, R. FantDesigning to FIPS-140https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0125-9_3

3. Finite State Models

David Johnston1   and Richard Fant2
(1)
Hillsboro, OR, USA
(2)
Austin, TX, USA
 

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 ...

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