COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20140136655A1
• Filed: 06/04/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: OSHIMA, Akihide
• Application Number:
  US13/909,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20140136655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, an associating section, and a transmitting section. The associating section associates issued certificate information with one of the plural communication interfaces. The transmitting section transmits the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated. The associating section includes an identification information acquiring unit and a determining unit. The identification information acquiring unit acquires identification information in a network of each of the plural communication interfaces. The determining unit determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a plurality of communication interfaces;

an associating section that associates issued certificate information with one of the plurality of communication interfaces; and

a transmitting section that transmits the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated,

wherein the associating section includes

an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information in a network of each of the plurality of communication interfaces, and

a determining unit that determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit includes

a comparing part that compares the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit with identification information in a network of an owner or an issuer, the identification information in the network of the owner or the issuer being described in the certificate information, and

a determining part that determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with a result of the comparison by the comparing part.

3. A communication apparatus comprising:

a plurality of communication interfaces;

an associating section that associates issued certificate information with one of the plurality of communication interfaces; and

a transmitting section that transmits the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated,

wherein the associating section includes

an acquiring unit that acquires certificate information that each of the plurality of communication interfaces received from a different apparatus, and

a determining unit that determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the certificate information acquired by the acquiring unit.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determining unit includes

a comparing part that compares a certificate authority identified in accordance with certificate information acquired by the acquiring unit with a certificate authority identified in accordance with the issued certificate information, and

a determining part that determines a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with a result of the comparison by the comparing part.

5. A communication method comprising:

associating issued certificate information with one of a plurality of communication interfaces; and

transmitting the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated,

wherein the associating includes

acquiring identification information in a network of each of the plurality of communication interfaces, and

determining a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the acquired identification information.

6. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for communication, the process comprising:

associating issued certificate information with one of a plurality of communication interfaces; and

transmitting the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated,

wherein the associating includes

acquiring identification information in a network of each of the plurality of communication interfaces, and

determining a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the acquired identification information.

7. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for communication, the process comprising:

associating issued certificate information with one of a plurality of communication interfaces; and

transmitting the certificate information from the communication interface with which the certificate information is associated,

wherein the associating includes

acquiring certificate information that each of the plurality of communication interfaces received from a different apparatus, and

determining a communication interface to be associated, in accordance with the acquired certificate information.