Approval of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-1, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules

概要

On January 8, 1991, a notice was published in the Federal Register (56 FR 681) that a revision of Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 140, General Security Requirement for Equipment Using the Data Encryption Standard, was being proposed for Federal use. The written comments submitted by interested parties and other material available to the Department relevant to this proposed revision were reviewed by NIST. On the basis of this review, NIST recommended that the Secretary approve the revised standard as Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 140-1, and prepared a detailed justification document for the Secretary's review in support of that recommendation. The detailed justification document which was presented to the Secretary is part of the public record and is available for inspection and copying in the Department's Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, room 6020, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. This FIPS contains two sections: (1) An announcement section, which provides information concerning the applicability, implementation, and mai