Final Interpretation for RI # 228 – Inconsistency between FDP_ITC and FDP_ETC

Date:

04/04/2005

Subject:

Editorial/Grammatical Change

CC Part #1 Reference:

 

CC Part #2 Reference:

FDP_ITC

CC Part #3 Reference:

 

CEM Reference:

 


Issue

 

FDP_ETC.1 (Export to outside TSF control) and FDP_ITC.1 (Import from outside TSF control) have fairly symmetrical elements as follows.

FDP_ETC.1.1       The TSF shall enforce the [assignment: access control SFP(s) and/or information flow control SFP(s)] when exporting user data, controlled under the SFP(s), outside of the TSC.

FDP_ITC.1.1        The TSF shall enforce the [assignment: access control SFP and/or information flow control SFP] when importing user data, controlled under the SFP, from outside of the TSC.

FDP_ETC.1 accepts multiple SFP(s) and FDP_ITC.1.1 does not.


Interpretation

 

FDP_ITC.1.1 should accepts multiple SFP(s).


Specific Changes

 

To address this interpretation, the following changes are made to CC v2.1, Part 2 FDP_ITC.1.1:

FDP_ITC.1.1       The TSF shall enforce the [assignment: access control SFP(s) and/or information flow control SFP(s)] when importing user data, controlled under the SFP, from outside of the TSC.

and the correspondent assignment notes is changes as follows:

 

In FDP_ITC.1.1, the PP/ST author should specify the access control SFP(s) and/or information flow control SFP(s) that will be enforced when importing user data from outside of the TSC. The user data that this function imports is scoped by the assignment of these SFPs.

Rationale

 

This interpretation allows for any number of SFP(s) when importing data from outside the TSC.