Information processing device and multifunction peripheral

Abstract

A control API controls secret data to be stored in a secret data storage area which is accessible only to the control API. Moreover, the control API controls the file information storing part in the secret data storage area to store (i) storing location information of the stored secret data and (ii) administrative storage location information notified by the web application so that the storing location information and the administrative storage location information are associated with each other. This makes it possible to (i) prevent a leakage of confidential information and (ii) allow an authorized web application to easily use the confidential information.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device including a web server unit that executes web applications. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, there is known a multifunction peripheral control system in which the functions of a multifunction peripheral including multiple functions such as a copy function, a scanner function, a print function, and a FAX transmission and reception function are operated from other devices connected via a communication network. controlled by the application. In such a multifunction device control system, functions that cannot be realized by a single multifunction device can be provided by associating the multifunction device with an application program operating on a network. [0003] For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 describe that operation screen information and control information are acquired from an application program by making the operation screen of a multifunction peripheral funct...

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[0011] However, since the web application A is a web application, if confidential data is stored in a data storage area (hereinafter referred to as a public data storage area) under the control of the web application, there may be a problem with HTTP (Hyper Danger of unauthorized access to Text Transfer Protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests, etc.

In addition, even if a leakage prevention measure is taken by setting up a firewall (Firewall) or the like to prohibit external HTTP access to the multifunction device, there is still a risk that the information will be read, changed, or deleted via other network applications installed in the multifunction device.

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