Transfer Bundle

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Discussion

The Crucible Concept of Operations, Version 1.0 establishes the Transfer Bundle as the package produced within a Connected Environment for controlled transfer and subsequent import into a Disconnected Environment.

A Transfer Bundle is a controlled package of Artifacts, Dependencies, records, manifests, integrity information, and supporting Evidence prepared for transfer between environments.

The Transfer Bundle may contain:

Installation mediaSoftware packagesMachine ImagesContainer ImagesProvider packagesInfrastructure source contentCompliance ArtifactsConfigurationRecordsManifestsIntegrity informationSupporting EvidenceA Dependency ManifestA Transfer Bundle facilitates controlled movement across an organizational, network, security, jurisdictional, or Air Gap boundary while preserving the identity, integrity, organization, and Provenance of its contents.

Within Crucible, a Transfer Bundle may contain captured content from a Dependency Store for import into a Disconnected Environment.

The same Transfer Bundle retains its identity through:

CreationTransferReceiptIntegrity verificationImportThe terms artifact export package and artifact import package describe the Transfer Bundle from the perspective of its creation or import. They do not identify separate package types unless the controlling architecture explicitly defines different structures or identities.

Definition

controlled package of Artifacts, Dependencies, records, manifests, integrity information, and supporting Evidence prepared for transfer between environments

Source

Crucible Concept of Operations, Version 1.0, Sections 3.3 and 3.4.

The Crucible Concept of Operations introduces the Transfer Bundle as the package produced within a Connected Environment and imported into a Disconnected Environment. The ConOps also associates Dependencies, compliance findings, and supporting information with the Transfer Bundle.

This definition generalizes the ConOps concept using established secure-transfer, disconnected-operation, archive-packaging, software-supply-chain, and configuration-management practices.

Note

A Transfer Bundle may use:

A compressed archiveRemovable mediaAn object packageA repository exportAnother controlled representationPackaging content into a Transfer Bundle does not by itself constitute Transfer Authorization.

Applicable review, approval, inspection, release, transfer, integrity-verification, and import processes govern movement across the applicable Transfer Boundary.

Transfer Bundle Integrity governs the completeness of the Transfer Bundle and the protection of its contents from unauthorized addition, removal, or modification.

The Transfer Bundle may contain Artifacts that require separate approval, promotion, validation, or authorization before deployment or operational use.

Example

Crucible packages operating-system packages, installation media, Container Images, infrastructure repositories, compliance Evidence, integrity values, and a Dependency Manifest into one Transfer Bundle for controlled transfer and import into an Air-Gapped Environment.

© 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

|Crucible Concept of Operations, Version 1.0]] establishes the Transfer Bundle as the package produced within a Connected Environment for controlled transfer and subsequent import into a Disconnected Environment.

A Transfer Bundle is a controlled package of Artifacts, Dependencies, records, manifests, integrity information, and supporting Evidence prepared for transfer between environments.

The Transfer Bundle may contain:

Installation mediaSoftware packagesMachine ImagesContainer ImagesProvider packagesInfrastructure source contentCompliance ArtifactsConfigurationRecordsManifestsIntegrity informationSupporting EvidenceA Dependency ManifestA Transfer Bundle facilitates controlled movement across an organizational, network, security, jurisdictional, or Air Gap boundary while preserving the identity, integrity, organization, and Provenance of its contents.

Within Crucible, a Transfer Bundle may contain captured content from a Dependency Store for import into a Disconnected Environment.

The same Transfer Bundle retains its identity through:

CreationTransferReceiptIntegrity verificationImportThe terms artifact export package and artifact import package describe the Transfer Bundle from the perspective of its creation or import. They do not identify separate package types unless the controlling architecture explicitly defines different structures or identities.

Definition

controlled package of Artifacts, Dependencies, records, manifests, integrity information, and supporting Evidence prepared for transfer between environments

Source

Crucible Concept of Operations, Version 1.0, Sections 3.3 and 3.4.

The Crucible Concept of Operations introduces the Transfer Bundle as the package produced within a Connected Environment and imported into a Disconnected Environment. The ConOps also associates Dependencies, compliance findings, and supporting information with the Transfer Bundle.

This definition generalizes the ConOps concept using established secure-transfer, disconnected-operation, archive-packaging, software-supply-chain, and configuration-management practices.

Note

A Transfer Bundle may use:

A compressed archiveRemovable mediaAn object packageA repository exportAnother controlled representationPackaging content into a Transfer Bundle does not by itself constitute Transfer Authorization.

Applicable review, approval, inspection, release, transfer, integrity-verification, and import processes govern movement across the applicable Transfer Boundary.

Transfer Bundle Integrity governs the completeness of the Transfer Bundle and the protection of its contents from unauthorized addition, removal, or modification.

The Transfer Bundle may contain Artifacts that require separate approval, promotion, validation, or authorization before deployment or operational use.

Example

Crucible packages operating-system packages, installation media, Container Images, infrastructure repositories, compliance Evidence, integrity values, and a Dependency Manifest into one Transfer Bundle for controlled transfer and import into an Air-Gapped Environment.

© 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.