摘要 |
Provided are an authentication system, an IC card and an authentication method in which identification information is displayed in association with respective ones of multiple items of authentication information, and authentication information corresponding to identification information that has been selected from multiple items of identification information is acquired, thereby making it possible to select authentication information utilized in authentication. First, the user is requested to input a password for displaying, on a display unit, a list of user-name accounts for display purposes corresponding to respective ones of multiple items of authentication information that have been stored on the IC card. Based upon the password entered, it is determined whether the user has performed an operation to allow display of the list and, with this as a condition, one item of authentication information is allowed to be selected from the multiple items of authentication information stored on the IC card. The selected one item of authentication information is acquired from the IC card and user authentication is carried out.
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