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US 11,888,840 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for selection and transmission of server certificate
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorMasanori Imagawa
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Abstract
To include a storage unit to store a plurality of server certificates different in subjects; and a communication unit to receive a connection request for communication established by using any one of the plurality of server certificates and to transmit a single server certificate selected out of the plurality of server certificates to a source of the connection request according to a source internet protocol (IP) address of the connection request.
Claims3
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage device to store a plurality of server certificates different in subjects;
- a communication interface to receive a connection request for communication to be established by using any one of the plurality of server certificates and to transmit a single server certificate to a source of the connection request, the single server certificate being selected out of the plurality of server certificates generated by the information processing apparatus serving as a certificate authority according to a source internet protocol (IP) address of the connection request;
- and
- a processing circuitry to select the single server certificate, wherein
- the processing circuitry changes a server certificate to be selected as the single server certificate out of the plurality of server certificates depending on whether the source IP address is a global IP address or a private IP address.
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An information processing method comprising:
- receiving a connection request for communication established by using any one of a plurality of server certificates different in subjects;
- transmitting a single server certificate to a source of the connection request, the single server certificate being selected out of the plurality of server certificates generated by an information processing apparatus serving as a certificate authority according to a source internet protocol (IP) address of the connection request;
- and
- selecting the single server certificate, wherein
- in selecting the single server certificate, a server certificate to be selected as the single server certificate out of the plurality of server certificates is changed depending on whether the source IP address is a global IP address or a private IP address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.