Apparatus, method and computer program for sharing cryptographic data among different program execution environments in an image forming apparatus.

摘要

An image forming apparatus capable of executing a program in plural program execution environments is disclosed. The disclosed image forming apparatus includes a storage unit (21) storing cryptographic data related to a cryptographic function; a first recording unit configured to obtain the cryptographic data from the storage unit and record the cryptographic data in a first storage area (22) that can be referenced from the plural program execution environments; and plural second recording units provided in the plural program execution environments and configured to obtain the cryptographic data from the first storage area and record the cryptographic data in a second storage area for each of the plural program execution environments so that the cryptographic data can be referenced by the program executed in the plural program execution environments.