摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides an information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus by wire or wireless, the apparatus including: a random number generating section (411); a first authentication data generating section (418) generating first authentication data regarding the authentication of the other information processing apparatus on the basis of the generated random number; a authentication data transmitting section (417) transmitting the first authentication data to the other information processing apparatus; an authentication data receiving section (416) receiving second authentication data regarding the authentication of the other information processing apparatus; a decrypting section (413) decrypting the second authentication data using at least one decryption method corresponding to at least one encryption method; and an authenticating section (414) verifying, on the basis of the decrypted second authentication data and the generated random number, whether the other information processing apparatus is valid.</p> |