CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

Distribution of a certificate and a private key via a network includes a certificate/private key storage unit by which a certificate and a private key prepared for distribution to one or more devices are stored; a security level storage unit by which a security level for each device belonging to a device group is stored; and a display/instruction unit by which a selection screen prompting a user to select one or more devices from the device group is displayed. An instruction for the selection made by the user is received; and a certificate/private key distribution unit by which, via the network, the certificate and the private key for each device are distributed to the one or multiple devices for which the instruction for selection was made. For each device, the selection screen displays the device security level.

主权项

1. A certificate distribution device connected via a network to a plurality of device groups, the plurality of device groups including at least either of an information processing device and a network device arranged between the information processing devices, the certificate distribution device comprising:
a certificate/private key storage unit which stores a certificate and a private key prepared for each of the devices as for distribution; a storage unit which stores at least one of a security level for each device belonging to the device groups and an expiration deadline of a certificate which each device belonging to the device group holds; a display/instruction unit which displays in a display section a selection screen to select one or more devices from the device groups, and also receives an instruction for selection from the selection screen; and a certificate/private key distribution unit which distributes via the network the certificate and the private key for each device stored in the certificate/private key storage unit to the one or more devices instructed to be selected by the display/instruction unit, wherein the selection screen displays at least one the security level of each of the devices for each of the expiration deadline about each of the devices for each of the devices.