摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus management device capable of safely issuing an electronic certificate to an apparatus to be managed from remote location.SOLUTION: An apparatus management device 1 which issues an electronic certificate to an apparatuses comprises: an apparatus information DB 11 in which apparatus identification information characteristic to the apparatus is registered previously; an apparatus information acquisition unit 7 which, when a connection request is given from the apparatus, acquires an apparatus ID included in the connection request; and a certificate issuing unit 8 which, if the acquired apparatus ID and the registered apparatus ID match, issues the electronic certificate to the apparatus. |