Method for generating device unique key, secret information LSI with secret information processing function using the method, host device mounted with the LSI, recording medium with authentication function used in the host device, and portable terminal with the recording medium having authentication function

• US 20060248346A1
• Filed: 03/17/2006
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shiomi, Kentaro, Fujiwara, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US11/377,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20060248346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/184
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/605 Copy protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0847 involving identity based encryption [IBE] schemes

Abstract

To provide a device unique key for establishing a system for protecting a device unique ID including a user ID such as a phone number acquired from an external device when a host device such as a portable terminal is shipped or replaced, a change field information processing step 203 is a process for handing over designated change field information to a device unique ID generating step 205. In a user ID externally acquiring step 204, a user ID is acquired from an external device and stored in a host device. In the device unique ID generating step 205, the pieces of information (fixed ID, change field information and user ID) obtained in the encrypted fixed ID decryption processing step 202, the change field information processing step 203 and the user ID externally acquiring step 204 are integrated to generate a device unique ID. In a device unique key generating step 206, a device unique key is generated using the device unique ID generated in the device unique ID generating step 205.

Claims

1. A method for generating a device unique key, comprising the steps of:

integrating a fixed ID and a user ID so as to generate a device unique ID, the fixed ID being determined for a host device in advance and stored in a storage portion of the host device, the user ID being able to be determined desirably by a user; and

generating a device unique key based on the device unique ID.

2. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

making a key generator of a key management mechanism encrypt the fixed ID to thereby generate an encrypted fixed ID;

making a secret information processing portion of the host device decrypt the encrypted fixed ID and store the decrypted fixed ID as the fixed ID into the storage portion of the host device;

making an I/F of the host device acquire the user ID the user can determine desirably; and

making the secret information processing portion of the host device integrate the fixed ID and the user ID to thereby generate a device unique ID.

3. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 2, the step of generating the device unique ID including the steps of:

generating change field information defining a field of the device unique ID in which the user ID should be input; and

making the host device input the user ID into a desired field of the device unique ID in accordance with the change field information so as to integrate the user ID with the fixed ID to thereby generate the device unique ID.

4. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

making the secret information processing portion of the host device encrypt the device unique ID to thereby generate an encrypted device unique ID;

storing the encrypted device unique ID into the storage portion of the host device; and

making the secret information processing portion of the host device generate a device unique key based on the device unique ID.

5. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

making the secret information processing portion of the host device generate an authentication key based on mutual authentication between the host device and a target device; and

making the secret information processing portion of the host device generate a device unique key based on the device unique ID and the authentication key generated in the step of generating the authentication key.

6. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

making the key generator of the key management mechanism encrypt the change field information to thereby generate encrypted change field information, and store the encrypted change field information into the host device; and

making the secret information processing portion of the host device acquire the encrypted change field information and decrypt the change field information.

7. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

making an external device I/F of the host device acquire the change field information from an external device.

8. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 7, wherein:

the step of acquiring the change field information is a step of acquiring the change field information as encrypted change field information.

9. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

calculating a hash value of the change field information.

10. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, wherein:

the change field information is plain text.

11. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

making an external device I/F of the host device acquire the user ID from an external device when the device unique ID is registered, replaced, updated or changed.

12. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, wherein:

the step of acquiring the user ID is a step of acquiring the user ID as an encrypted user ID.

13. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 11, wherein:

the step of acquiring the user ID is a step of acquiring the user ID as an encrypted user ID.

14. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

calculating a hash value of the user ID.

15. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

calculating a hash value of the user ID.

16. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 3, wherein:

the user ID is plain text.

17. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 11, wherein:

the user ID is plain text.

18. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

making a secret information processing portion of the host device determine the number of times with which the device unique ID has been changed, and update the device unique ID as long as the number of times with which the device unique ID has been changed is not larger than a predetermined number.

19. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, wherein:

the host device stores initial-value of the user ID; and

it is determined whether the initial-value of the user ID coincides with a user ID portion obtained by a secret information processing portion of the host device decrypting an encrypted fixed ID stored by the host device, or not.

20. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

making a secret information processing portion of the host device encrypt the device unique ID to thereby generate an encrypted device unique ID; and

outputting the encrypted device unique ID to the outside of the secret information processing portion.

21. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 20, wherein:

the host device stores initial-value of the user ID; and

it is determined whether a user ID obtained by decrypting and then separating the encrypted device unique ID input again into the secret information processing portion coincides with the initial value of the user ID stored by the host device in advance, or not.

22. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

making a secret information processing portion of the host device encrypt the device unique ID to thereby generate an encrypted device unique ID;

making the secret information processing portion of the host device decrypt an encrypted device unique ID to thereby generate a device unique ID, the encrypted device unique ID being input from the storage portion of the host device through an I/F of the host device; and

comparing a user ID input from the outside of the host device through the I/F with a user ID portion of the decrypted device unique ID, and regarding the input user ID as unauthorized and suspending processing when the input user ID does not coincide with the user ID portion of the decrypted device unique ID.

23. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

making a key generator of a key management mechanism add a determination flag region and encrypt the fixed ID to thereby generate an encrypted fixed ID;

making a secret information processing portion of the host device integrate the fixed ID with the user ID and update the determination flag region to thereby generate a device unique ID; and

generating a device unique key based on the device unique ID.

24. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 23, further comprising the steps of:

determining whether the determination flag region has been updated or not; and

regarding the determination flag region as unauthorized and suspending processing when the determination flag region has not been updated.

25. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, wherein:

the storage portion is disposed in a secret information processing portion.

26. The method for generating a device unique key according to claim 1, wherein:

the storage portion is disposed out of a secret information processing portion.

27. A device unique ID, comprising:

a fixed ID, determined for a host device in advance; and

a user ID, capable of being desirably determined by a user;

wherein the fixed ID and the user ID are integrated with each other so that the device unique ID has a data structure which can be changed whenever the device unique ID is used.

28. The device unique ID according to claim 27, wherein:

the device unique ID has a data structure in which the fixed ID and the user ID are integrated based on change field information defining a field of the device unique ID the user ID should be input into.

29. A secret information LSI, comprising:

a secret information processing portion, generating a device unique ID;

wherein the device unique ID has a data structure in which a fixed ID determined for a host device in advance and a user ID which is capable of being desirably determined by the user are integrated with each other so that the data structure can be changed whenever the device unique ID is used.

30. The secret information LSI according to claim 29, wherein:

the secret information processing portion integrates the fixed ID with the user ID based on change field information so as to generate the device unique ID, the change field information defining a field of the device unique ID the user ID should be input into.

31. A host device comprising:

a secret information LSI according to claim 29.

32. The host device according to claim 31, further comprising:

a storage portion, storing the fixed ID decrypted; and

an I/F, inputting the user ID the user can determine desirably;

wherein the fixed ID is read from the storage portion, and the fixed ID and the user ID input through the I/F are integrated to generate a device unique ID.

33. The host device according to claim 31, wherein:

the secret information LSI includes an encryption circuit for encrypting the device unique ID to thereby generate an encrypted device unique ID.

34. The host device according to claim 31, wherein:

the secret information LSI includes an authentication key generating circuit for generating an authentication key based on mutual authentication between the host device and a target device.

35. The host device according to claim 31, further comprising:

a storage region for storing encrypted change field information.

36. The host device according to claim 31, further comprising:

an external device I/F through which the user ID can be acquired from an external device when the device unique ID is registered, replaced, updated or changed.

37. The host device according to claim 31, further comprising:

an external device I/F through which the change field information can be input from the external device.

38. The host device according to claim 31, further comprising:

a determination circuit for determining the number of times with which the device unique ID has been changed.

39. A recording medium with an authentication function, used in a host device according to claim 31.

40. A portable terminal having a recording medium with an authentication function according to claim 39.