INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
FIG3 is a block diagram illustrating software modules included in the multifunction peripheral according to the first exemplary embodiment
FIG3 is a block diagram illustrating software modules included in the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the first exemplary embodiment. Furthermore, the software modules illustrated in FIG3 are implemented by the CPU 201 executing programs loaded onto the RAM 203.
block diagram
310
device control unit
307
certificate management unit
306
encryption processing unit
100
multifunction peripheral multifunction peripherals
303
communication control unit
304
web page control unit
302
network control unit
301
network driver
309
reading processing unit
308
control unit
110
network
305
certificate acquisition control unit
['1. An information processing apparatus (100) capable of connecting to an external apparatus (102) via a network (110), the information processing apparatus comprising: setting means for enabling a function of transmitting an issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus in accordance with a previously designated schedule, and for acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the issuance request, wherein the setting means is adapted to enable the function under a condition that information required for connection to the external apparatus is previously input.']