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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Tatsuya Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus has a communication part and authenticates a communication partner by using a digital certificate. The communication apparatus includes an authentication part carrying out authentication of the communication partner by using a common certificate. The common certificate is a digital certificate not including identification information of an apparatus. An individualized certificate transmission part acquires, in the case the authentication by the authentication part has been made successfully, an individualized certificate and transmits the individualized certificate to the communication partner. The individualized certificate is a digital certificate including identification information of the communication partner.
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