Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus that includes an authentication module for biometric authentication using biometric information read by a biometric information sensor and a storage means (226) configured to have a storage means configured to have tamper resistance for storing the biometric information of a user necessary when performing authentication processing with the authentication module and a secret key generated for the biometric information, the method comprising:

• transmitting a request for a registration cancelation using information of a request destination for the registration cancelation of the registration information to an external server in which the registration information including a public key which is a pair with the secret key is registered, at a time of initialization of an operating system (OS) of the information processing apparatus, wherein, when an authentication request for the registration cancelation is received from the server, a signature is generated using the secret key extracted according to an authentication success in the biometric authentication of the authentication module using the biometric information read by the biometric information sensor, and wherein, when the signature is successfully verified by being transmitted to the server, the registration cancelation of the registration information is performed in the server.

A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a method for an information processing apparatus that includes an authentication module for biometric authentication using biometric information read by a biometric information sensor and a storage means configured to have tamper resistance for storing the biometric information of a user necessary when performing authentication processing with the authentication module and a secret key generated for the biometric information, the method comprising:

• transmitting a request for a registration cancelation using information of a request destination for the registration cancelation of the registration information to an external server in which the registration information including a public key which is a pair with the secret key is registered, at a time of initialization of an operating system (OS) of the information processing apparatus, wherein, when an authentication request for the registration cancelation is received from the server, a signature is generated using the secret key extracted according to an authentication success in the biometric authentication of the authentication module using the biometric information read by the biometric information sensor, and wherein, when the signature is successfully verified by being transmitted to the server, the registration cancelation of the registration information is performed in the server.