Image forming device, image forming system and computer readable medium with state of security level notification

• US 8,659,770 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2008
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Okamoto, Akira, Oshima, Akihide, Shimoichi, Eiji, Inakawa, Yuriko, Nishi, Eiji, Tatsuma, Noriyuki, Ishimura, Takanari, Yoda, Yoshiyuki, Kurokawa, Masaki, Itoh, Atsuhiro, Harada, Fumio
• Primary Examiner(s): Tieu, Benny Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mushambo, Martin
• Application Number:
  US12/134,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,090 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.1, 358/1.13
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00344 with a management, maintenance, service or repair apparatus monitoring H04N1/00002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00464 using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

An image forming device includes an image forming section, a connection section, a request receiving section, an illegality detection section, a notice section and a web page creation section. The image forming section performs image formation on a medium. The connection section communicates with an information processing device. The request receiving section receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section. The illegality detection section detects an illegal access to the request receiving section through the connection section. The notice section notifies, to the information processing device, a detection result by the illegality detection section through the connection section.

Claims

1. An image forming device comprising:

an image forming section that performs image formation on a medium;

a connection section that communicates with an information processing device;

a request receiving section that receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section, the request receiving section being an embedded web server through which the information processing device accesses the image forming device;

an illegality detection section that determines whether the request is an illegal access request;

a notice section that notifies an administrator that the illegal access request is detected by the illegality detection section;

a limitation section that rejects the request and blocks access to the embedded web server from the information processing device, based on the illegality detection section determining the request to be the illegal access request; and

a web page creation section that creates a web page indicating that the illegal access request is detected,

wherein the embedded web server provides the web page, and

wherein the notice section transmits a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page created by the web page creation section through the connection section to the administrator by using one of an electronic mail, SNMP-trap, and a certain protocol,

wherein the web page includes an interface enabling the administrator to set at least one of an Internet Protocol (IP) access filter on an IP address of the information processing device, IPsec and SSL.

2. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the request receiving section includes a storage section which stores at least one of information relating to operational settings of the image forming device and user information relating to the image forming device, and

in response to the illegality detection section determining that the request from the information processing device is not the illegal access request, the information stored in the storage section is provided through the embedded web server.

3. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the illegality detection section detects an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the information processing device;

and

the web page creation section creates the web page to include the IP address of the information processing device.

4. The image forming device according to claim 3, wherein the notice section transmits the IP address to the administrator by using one of an electronic mail, SNMP-trap and a predetermined protocol.

5. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the web page includes an interface enabling the administrator to block the illegal access request from the information processing device.

6. The image forming device according to claim 5, wherein the URL of the webpage is invalidated when the administrator accesses the web page.

7. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the limitation section blocks the access to the embedded web server, based on an instruction.

8. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the limitation section blocks access to printing operations of the image forming device, based on an instruction.

9. The image forming device according to claim 8, further comprising:

an authentication section that authenticates the request,

wherein the information processing device accesses the image forming device in response to the authentication section authenticating the request.

10. The image forming device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a level setting section that sets a security level,

wherein the limitation section blocks the access to the embedded web server using the security level.

11. The image forming device according to claim 10, wherein the security level disables the embedded web server.

12. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the illegality detection section includes a count section that counts a number of illegal accesses;

and

the web page creation section creates the web page to include the number of illegal accesses obtained by the count section.

13. The image forming device according to claim 12, further comprising:

a threshold setting section that sets a given threshold of a number of illegal accesses; and

a comparison section that compares a count result by the count section with the given threshold,

wherein the limitation section blocks access to printing operations of the image forming device in accordance with a comparison result by the comparison section.

14. The image forming device according to claim 1, further comprising:

the connection section that includes a count section which counts a number of illegal access from a specified subnet; and

a threshold setting section that sets a given threshold of the number of illegal access; and

a comparison section that compares a count result by the count section with the given threshold,

wherein the limitation section blocks access to printing operations of the image forming device in accordance with a comparison result by the comparison section.

15. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein when the administrator does not access the web page within a period of time, (i) the URL of the web page is invalidated, (ii) the web page creation section a new web page and (iii) the notice section transmits a new URL of the new web page to the administrator.

16. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the notice section transmits the URL of the web page in a given encryption or compression form.

17. An image forming system comprising:

a plurality of image forming devices of claim 1;

a plurality of image processing devices; and

a communication section that connects each image forming device and each image processing device.

18. An image forming device comprising:

an image forming section that performs image formation on a medium;

a connection section that communicates with an information processing device;

a request receiving section that receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section the request receiving section being an embedded web server through which the information processing device accesses the image forming device;

an illegality detection section that determines whether the request is an illegal access request;

a notice section that notifies an administrator that the illegal access request is detected by the illegality detection section;

a limitation section that rejects the request and blocks access to the embedded web server from the information processing device, based on the illegality detection section determining the request to be the illegal access request;

a web page creation section that creates a web page indicating that the illegal access request is detected; and

a level setting section that sets a security level;

wherein the limitation section blocks the access to the embedded web server using the security level,

wherein the embedded web server provides the web page,

wherein the notice section transmits a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page created by the web page creation section through the connection section to the administrator by using one of an electronic mail, SNMP-trap, and a certain protocol, and

wherein the web page includes an interface enabling the administrator to block the access to the embedded web server using the security level.

19. The image forming device according to claim 18, further comprising:

a control section that determines whether the administrator accesses the web page within a predetermined period of time and controls, when the web page is not accessed within the period of time, the limitation section to block access to printing operations of the image forming device from the information processing device.