摘要 |
A method of detecting falsification of software installed in an apparatus includes the steps of (a) encrypting software configuration information of the apparatus at the time of installing the software using an encryption and decryption unit specific to the apparatus, and storing the encrypted software configuration information outside the apparatus, (b) decrypting the encrypted software configuration information of the apparatus at the time of installing the software, stored outside the apparatus, using the encryption and decryption unit specific to the apparatus, and (c) determining the presence or absence of the falsification of the software by comparing the software configuration information of the apparatus at the time of installing the software obtained by step (b) and the current software configuration information of the apparatus.
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