INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
FIG1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention
FIG1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A multifunction peripheral 100, which has a printing function, is capable of connecting to another information processing apparatus via a network 110. The multifunction peripheral 100 is able to perform transmission and reception of, for example, print data, scanned image data, and management information for devices between another information processing apparatus and the multifunction peripheral 100 via the network 110. Moreover, the multifunction peripheral 100 has the function of performing enciphered communication using, for example, Transport Layer Security (TLS), Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), or IEEE 802.1X, and retains a public key pair and a digital certificate for use in cryptography processing therefor. Here, the multifunction peripheral 100 is an example of an image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus is not limited to this but can be an apparatus which has only one of the functions of a facsimile apparatus, a printer, and a copying machine or has a composite function including all or some of those functions. A multifunction peripheral 101 is also connected to the network 110, and the multifunction peripheral 101 has a function equivalent to that of the multifunction peripheral 100. In the following description, the multifunction peripheral 100 is mainly described, but a plurality of multifunction peripherals can be assumed to be targeted for communication of a digital certificate.
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['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.']