Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

An information processing method for use in an information processing device which collects device information from a device connected via a first network and transmits the device information to a center server connected via a second network, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a first public key certificate and a first secret key from an auxiliary server through the second network after an individual identification information which is uniquely discriminable for the information processing device is received from a memory of the information processing device and the received individual identification information is transmitted to the auxiliary server, so that an individual certificate package is stored into the information processing device by the reception of the first public key certificate and the first secret key from the auxiliary server and used to perform the encryption communication between the information processing device and the center server;
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• determining, when a request for starting the device information transmission is received, whether the information processing device is permitted to transmit the device information to the center server through an encryption communication using the first public key certificate and the first secret key, after the individual identification information is received from the memory of the information processing device and a first passphrase of the received individual identification information is compared with a second passphrase associated with at least one of the first public key certificate and the first secret key in the individual certificate package stored in the information processing device,
• wherein the individual certificate package contains the second passphrase associated with the at least one of the first public key certificate and the first secret key.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform an information processing method for use in an information processing device which collects device information from a device connected via a first network and transmits the device information to a center server connected via a second network, the information processing method comprising the steps of

• receiving a first public key certificate and a first secret key from an auxiliary server through the second network after an individual identification information which is uniquely discriminable for the information processing device is received from a memory of the information processing device and the received individual identification information is transmitted to the auxiliary server, so that an individual certificate package is stored into the information processing device by the reception of the first public key certificate and the first secret key from the auxiliary server and used to perform the encryption communication between the information processing device and the center server;
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• determining, when a request for starting the device information transmission is received, whether the information processing device is permitted to transmit the device information to the center server through an encryption communication using the first public key certificate and the first secret key, after the individual identification information is received from the memory of the information processing device and a first passphrase of the received individual identification information is compared with a second passphrase associated with at least one of the first public key certificate and the first secret key in the individual certificate package stored in the information processing device,
• wherein the individual certificate package contains the second passphrase associated with the at least one of the first public key certificate and the first secret key.