Patent ID: 7877595

Claim:
A cryptographic device comprising: a cryptographic module and a communications module removably coupled thereto; said cryptographic module comprising a first housing, a wired Ethernet user Local Area Network (LAN) interface carried by said first housing, a cryptographic processor carried by said first housing and coupled to said wired Ethernet user LAN interface, a power circuit carried by said first housing and powering said cryptographic processor and said wired Ethernet user LAN 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, and a network communications interface carried by said second housing and coupled to said second connector; said communications module comprising one from among a plurality of interchangeable communications modules each for communicating over a different communications media; said communications module also being powered by said power circuit.