Patent ID: 7657755

Claim:
A cryptographic device comprising: a cryptographic module and a communications module removably coupled thereto; said cryptographic module comprising a first housing, a user network interface carried by said first housing, a cryptographic processor carried by said first housing and coupled to said user network interface, and a first connector carried by said first housing and coupled to said cryptographic processor; said communications module comprising a second housing, a second connector carried by said second housing and being removably mateable with said first connector of said cryptographic module, a network interface carried by said second housing and coupled to said second connector, and at least one logic device being polled by said cryptographic processor to determine a type of communications module as being one of wired and wireless, and an operating status of said communications module, said at least one logic device also causing said cryptographic processor to configure said network communications interface of said communications module for a given application based upon the type of communications module.