SMMS (Secure Military Message System) Software Module Guide

This document describes the module decomposition for the Secure Military Message System SMMS full scale prototype software being produced at the Naval Research Laboratory. It provides an orientation for software engineers who are new to the SMMS, explains the principles used to design the structure, and shows how responsibilities are allocated among the major modules. The guide is intended to lead a reader to a module that implements a particular aspect on the system. It states the criteria used to assign a particular responsibility to a module and arranges the modules in such a way that the reader can find the information relevant to this purpose without searching through unrelated documentation. Keywords Software documentation Computer security Message system.