STORAGE MEDIUM, STORAGE UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with a risk that a program is wrongfully inputted to an information processing apparatus due to wrongful copy or use of a storage medium in the case that it is possible to input the program to the information processing apparatus like an image forming apparatus by using the storage medium like a memory card.

SOLUTION: The storage medium is used for inputting a program which causes the information processing apparatus to perform information processing, to the information processing apparatus and includes an ID file used for storing an ID of the program in which the ID is encrypted by a key specific to the storage medium or specific to the information processing apparatus.

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