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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Baba, Bristol, GB;

Yoshimichi Tanizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/083 (2013.01); H04L 9/0827 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a finding unit; a negotiating unit; and a communicating unit. The finding unit is configured to, in response to a request from an application that makes use of key information, find out a key generating device that generates the key information. The negotiating unit is configured to perform a negotiation operation with respect to the key generating device to determine conditions for key information that is to be generated. The communicating unit is configured to receive, from the key generating device, the key information that is generated based on the conditions determined in the negotiation operation, and send the received key information to the application.


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