Automated CA Certificate Setup via Terminal Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Administrators of information processing apparatuses face difficulties in accurately setting and verifying Certificate Authority (CA) certificates for secure SSL/TLS communication, due to the need for expertise and knowledge of communication destinations, which is often lacking.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a generator for instructions to verify failed electronic certificates, a transmitter to send verification information, and a setting unit to set CA certificates based on user terminal verification results, facilitating easy CA certificate setup by administrators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If administrators manually set CA certificates for SSL/TLS communication, then security verification can be performed, but the operation becomes complex and difficult due to required expertise and knowledge of communication destinations
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal automatically performs certificate verification and extracts CA certificate information without requiring administrator intervention. The system serves itself by utilizing the terminal's existing verification capabilities to automatically acquire and set the necessary CA certificates, eliminating the need for administrators to manually configure security settings
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal acts as an intermediary between the information processing apparatus and the certificate authority. It receives verification results from the information processing apparatus, performs independent verification using its own certificate storage, and automatically sets the CA certificate based on these results, mediating the complex certificate management process
2Measurement precision
If administrators verify certificates manually, then accurate verification can be achieved, but the process requires advanced expertise that administrators often lack
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal uses its existing certificate verification capability to copy and apply the same verification logic to the CA certificate. By leveraging the terminal's built-in verification mechanisms (which administrators already trust for web browsing), the system achieves accurate verification without requiring administrators to understand or perform complex manual verification procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal's certificate verification capability, originally designed for general web security, is applied universally to verify CA certificates for SSL/TLS communication. This multi-functional use of the verification mechanism eliminates the need for separate, complex verification procedures specific to CA certificate management
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes; a generator that generates an instruction for a terminal used by an administrator of the information processing apparatus to verify a first electronic certificate whose verification has failed; a transmitter that transmits information indicating the first electronic certificate and the instruction to the terminal used by the administrator of the information processing apparatus; and a setting unit that, when an instruction to set a second electronic certificate is received from the terminal, sets the second electronic certificate.