Information processing apparatus, information recording medium manufacturing method, and computer program

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• encryption mode determining means for determining an encryption mode of each sector of a plurality of sectors, each sector serving as an encrypt processing unit for content to be recorded on an information recording medium, the encryption mode determining means determining whether each sector is a segment portion or a non-segment portion on the basis of an auxiliary file including determination information indicating whether each sector is data of the segment portion or data of the non-segment portion, each segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a cryptographic key determined from a segment number and a variation number stored in the auxiliary file, and each non-segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a unit identifier of the sector stored in the auxiliary file;
• means for determining, for each sector determined to be the data of the non-segment portion, a corresponding unit cryptographic key, based on the unit identifier of the sector recorded in the auxiliary file, wherein the corresponding unit cryptographic key is different depending on the unit identifier recorded in the auxiliary file, each unit cryptographic key being stored in a corresponding unit key file;
• segment portion encrypting means for generating first encrypted data using one of a plurality of predetermined cryptographic keys for each sector determined by the encryption mode determining means to be the segment portion forming the content;
• non-segment portion encrypting means for generating second encrypted data by using the corresponding unit cryptographic key for each sector determined by the encryption mode determining means to be the non-segment portion, the non-segment portion being different from the segment portion;
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• recording means for recording the first encrypted data generated by the segment portion encrypting means and the second encrypted data generated by the non-segment portion encrypting means on the information recording medium,
• wherein the encryption mode determining means determines a cryptographic key for each sector, and if the sector is determined to be the segment portion forming the content, the cryptographic key is determined based on the segment number and the variation number associated with the sector and stored in the auxiliary file, and if the sector is determined to be the non-segment portion, the determined corresponding unit cryptographic key is used for the sector, and
• each of the segment portion encrypting means and the non-segment portion encrypting means generates the encrypted data by using the cryptographic key determined by the encryption mode determining means.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute an encryption method on content to be recorded on an information recording medium, the method comprising:

• determining an encryption mode of each sector of a plurality of sectors, each sector serving as an encrypt processing unit, the determining step including determining whether each sector is a segment portion or a non-segment portion on the basis of an auxiliary file including determination information indicating whether each sector is data of the segment portion or data of the non-segment portion, each segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a cryptographic key determined from a segment number and a variation number stored in the auxiliary file, and each non-segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a unit identifier of the sector stored in the auxiliary file;
• determining, for each sector determined to be the data of the non-segment portion, a corresponding unit cryptographic key, based on the unit identifier of the sector recorded in the auxiliary file, wherein the corresponding unit cryptographic key is different depending on the unit identifier recorded in the auxiliary file, each unit cryptographic key being stored in a corresponding unit key file;
• generating first encrypted data using one of a plurality of predetermined cryptographic keys for each sector determined in the determining step to be the segment portion forming the content;
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• generating second encrypted data by using the corresponding unit cryptographic key for each sector determined in the determining step to be a non-segment portion, the non-segment portion being different from the segment portion,
• wherein, in determining the encryption mode, a cryptographic key for each sector is determined, and if the sector is determined to be the segment portion forming the content, the cryptographic key is determined based on the segment number and the variation number associated with the sector and stored in the auxiliary file, and if the sector is determined to be the non-segment portion, the determined corresponding unit cryptographic key is used for the sector.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• an encryption mode determining unit configured to determine an encryption mode of each sector of a plurality of sectors, each sector serving as an encrypt processing unit for content to be recorded on an information recording medium, the encryption mode determining unit determining whether each sector is a segment portion or a non-segment portion on the basis of an auxiliary file including determination information indicating whether each sector is data of the segment portion or data of the non-segment portion, each segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a cryptographic key determined from a segment number and a variation number stored in the auxiliary file, and each non-segment portion being defined as content encrypted based on a unit identifier of the sector stored in the auxiliary file;
• a unit cryptographic key unit configured to determine, for each sector determined to be the data of the non-segment portion, a corresponding unit cryptographic key, based on the unit identifier of the sector recorded in the auxiliary file, wherein the corresponding unit cryptographic key is different depending on the unit identifier recorded in the auxiliary file, each unit cryptographic key being stored in a corresponding unit key file;
• a segment portion encrypting unit configured to generate first encrypted data using one of a plurality of predetermined cryptographic keys for each sector determined by the encryption mode determining unit to be the segment portion forming the content;
• a non-segment portion encrypting unit configured to generate second encrypted data by using the corresponding unit cryptographic key for each sector determined by the encryption mode determining unit to be the non-segment portion, the non-segment portion being different from the segment portion;
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• a recording unit configured to record the first encrypted data generated by the segment portion encrypting unit and the second encrypted data generated by the non-segment portion encrypting unit on the information recording medium,
• wherein the encryption mode determining unit determines a cryptographic key for each sector, and if the sector is determined to be the segment portion forming the content, the cryptographic key is determined based on the segment number and the variation number associated with the sector and stored in the auxiliary file, and if the sector is determined to be the non-segment portion, the determined corresponding unit cryptographic key is used for the sector, and
• each of the segment portion encrypting unit and the non-segment portion encrypting unit executes encrypt processing by using the cryptographic key determined by the encryption mode determining unit.