Peer-to-peer communication apparatus and communication method
First Claim
1. A peer-to-peer communication apparatus for performing one-to-one communication with another communication apparatus via an IP network, comprising:
- first means for performing an encryption process and/or an authentication process with respect to a packet;
second means for acquiring, from a peer'"'"'s communication apparatus specified by a user of the communication apparatus, presence information including information for judging a communication security environment of said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus and security policy information including an encryption rule and an authentication rule each to be applied to packets by said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus; and
third means for displaying said presence information and said security policy information such that said user judges propriety of the security policy information based on the presence information and allowing the user to partly change the security policy information, said first means processing a packet to be transmitted to said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus in accordance with a security policy approved by the user.
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Abstract
A peer-to-peer communication apparatus connected to an IP network acquires, from a peer'"'"'s communication apparatus, presence information including information for judging a communication security environment of the peer'"'"'s communication apparatus and a security policy to be applied by the peer'"'"'s communication apparatus to a packet, displays the presence information and security policy information such that a user can judge the prosperity of the security policy information based on the presence information, and processes a data packet to be transmitted to the peer'"'"'s communication apparatus in accordance with the security policy approved by the user.
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7 Claims
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1. A peer-to-peer communication apparatus for performing one-to-one communication with another communication apparatus via an IP network, comprising:
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first means for performing an encryption process and/or an authentication process with respect to a packet;
second means for acquiring, from a peer'"'"'s communication apparatus specified by a user of the communication apparatus, presence information including information for judging a communication security environment of said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus and security policy information including an encryption rule and an authentication rule each to be applied to packets by said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus; and
third means for displaying said presence information and said security policy information such that said user judges propriety of the security policy information based on the presence information and allowing the user to partly change the security policy information, said first means processing a packet to be transmitted to said peer'"'"'s communication apparatus in accordance with a security policy approved by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for peer-to-peer communication between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus each connected to an IP network, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting, from the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus, presence information for judging a communication security environment of said second communication apparatus and security policy information including an encryption rule and an authentication rule to be applied to a packet by said second communication apparatus;
transmitting, from the second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus, the presence information and security policy information of the second communication apparatus;
outputting to a display screen by the first communication apparatus, the presence information and security policy information received from said second communication apparatus such that a user can judge propriety of the security policy information based on the presence information; and
performing packet communication with the second communication apparatus by the first communication apparatus in accordance with the security policy approved by the user on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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