NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately determine propriety of a connection destination when connecting devices to each other via a network.SOLUTION: First electronic equipment stores first configuration information of the first electronic equipment which is collected by a chip mounted on the first electronic equipment and having tampering resistance and which is approved by a third-party device, into a portable medium. Second electronic equipment stores second configuration information of the second electronic equipment which is collected by a chip mounted on the second electronic equipment and having tampering resistance and which is approved by the third-party device, into a portable medium and acquires the first configuration information from the portable medium. The first electronic equipment transmits the first configuration information of the first electronic equipment and the second configuration information of the second electronic equipment acquired from the portable medium, to the second electronic equipment via a long-distance network. The second electronic equipment controls connection between the first electronic equipment and the second electronic equipment via the long-distance network on the basis of the first configuration information received from the first electronic equipment and the second configuration information.