S-63

IHO Data Protection Scheme,  S-63 Edition 1.0, April 2003

S-63 describes the IHO recommended standard for the protection of ENC information. It defines security constructs and operating procedures that must be followed to ensure that the data protection scheme is operated correctly and to provide specifications that allow participants to build compliant systems.

Edition 1.0 of the S-63 standard is based on the protection scheme developed and operated by Primar as part of providing their protected ENC service.

S-63 describes the recommended standard for the protection of ENC information. It defines security constructs and operating procedures that must be followed to ensure that the data protection scheme is operated correctly.

S-63 also contains the following two appendixes:

• Appendix A - Data Protection Scheme Test Data
• Appendix B - Data Protection Scheme Software Kernel

All ENC's delivered through the Official Primar ENC Service are encrypted using the S63 Data Protection Scheme.

For more information, please choose this link: http://www.iho.shom.fr/ECDIS/s63intro.htm