Abstract: In an integrated management system for providing a network system having a plurality of computers with a security function and managing a plurality of target products, implementation of the management system itself is facilitated by providing the management system with setting information templates prepared for respective target products, a management program for managing setting information files of target products actually used in a target network, an edit program for editing setting information files, and an install program for installing setting information files created by using the management program and the edit program in respective target devices.

Abstract: A network management system which includes a plurality of network devices operating in a coordinated manner and a management server managing the network devices. The management server includes apparatus for defining policy information and for generating setup information using policy information to generate setup information for each network device. The system generates setup information for each network device, distributes setup information to each network device, installs setup information to each network device, enables settings, collects setup information for each network device, and organizes and checks for consistency in the collected information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secure remote access system for improving convenience of a user by utilizing a storage device including an anti-tampering device as a user authentication device in the secure remote access system for making access and execution of job while a user is making the encrypted communication to a server from an unspecified client. Usability can be improved and thereby the job executing function can be used smoothly at the internal and external sides of the working office by providing a server client system where the server can be manipulated remotely by distributing a storage device loading the authorized anti-tampering device to users, connecting the storage device to unspecified clients by users, and using the authentication information and application stored in the storage device. A remote access system having improved security and convenient during usage of client from the user can also be provided by reducing the secret information remaining in the manipulated client.

Abstract: A system for managing expiration date for use of contents, including: a computer having a CPU, a memory for storing programs, a clock device, a network I/O, and a removable media I/O; and a removable medium having a memory for storing a content sand last access time information indicating the last time of access to the contents, and a controller as a tamper-resistant module, access limit information being added to the contents, the contents being encrypted and stored, wherein: current time information is acquired from the clock device; the acquired current time is compared with the last access time on the memory of the removable medium to thereby control the contents on the removable medium in accordance with the expiration date as to whether the contents are enabled to be used, so that illegal access of the contents due to backdating of the clock device can be prohibited.

Abstract: A security support and evaluation system in accordance with the present invention accepts from an operator via an input unit 16, a first specification of a system to be evaluated and a second specification of each of the components constituting the system, and then retrieves data from a security countermeasure database 131 stored in an external storage unit 13 and reads out security countermeasures to be executed to each of the components of the specified system to be evaluated, and then displays on a display unit 17, the security countermeasures read out in correspondence with each of the components of the specified system to be evaluated, and then accepts from the operator via the input unit 16, information whether or not each of the security countermeasures is executed, and thereafter evaluates the state of security based on the information and displays evaluation results on the display unit 17.

Abstract: When a presentation is carried out by employing a projector and a remote printer is utilized, printing operation can be executed in a simple and safty manner. In an information processing apparatus having both a network connection function and either a liquid crystal projector function or a printer function, the information processing apparatus can use, or output data which has been stored in a remote computer based upon a remote terminal operating program which may replace a user interface of the remote computer connected via a network to the information processing apparatus, and a remote terminal server program. The remote terminal server program is stored in the remote computer, and is used to transfer a user interface of the remote computer to the information processing apparatus in correspondence with the remote terminal operating program.

Abstract: In view of providing a network system enabling communication having passed fire walls (repeaters) and assuring high security and operation flexibility through access control based on users and applications, a user-held table indicating correspondence between repeaters and passwords, a repeater-held table indicating correspondence between users and passwords and a table indicating access regions are defined respectively for users, departments of users and official positions of users and a route control information storing table indicating correspondence between networks and next transmitting destination is also provided to execute the access control for each user.

Abstract: In an integrated management system for providing a network system having a plurality of computers with a security function and managing a plurality of target products, implementation of the management system itself is facilitated by providing the management system with setting information templates prepared for respective target products, a management program for managing setting information files of target products actually used in a target network, an edit program for editing setting information files, and an install program for installing setting information files created by using the management program and the edit program in respective target devices.

Abstract: A server system has stored therein a plurality of electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or combinations thereof including means of payment settlement of a purchased commodity, amount of deal, contents of the purchased commodity, financial institutions for making the settlement and so on. The server system selects one of the electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or a combination thereof, including means of payment settlement of a commodity to be purchased when a purchase-side client system requests a seller to sell the commodity. The electronic transaction procedure is distributed to the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client through a communication network. Each of the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client executes electronic transaction processes according to the distributed electronic transaction procedure.

Abstract: In a network system in which each of multiple networks, each containing computers and relay computers, is connected to another network via multiple relay computers which belong to the network concerned, and the communication between two computers belonging to different networks is performed on a communication path via multiple relay computers, there is provided a management computer for collectively managing logs which are dispersively and separately recorded in the multiple respective relay computers.

Abstract: A security management and audit of a business information system in accordance with an information security policy is simplified. Provided is a security management and audit program database 133 in which the information security policy and an object system correspond to management and audit programs. The management and audit program corresponding to a range of the information security policy and the object system, which are designated by an operator, is retrieved and automatically executed. The management and audit program performs a management and audit concerning an information security policy of an object system corresponding to itself.

Abstract: A security management and audit of a business information system in accordance with an information security policy is simplified. Provided is a security management and audit program database 133 in which the information security policy and an object system correspond to management and audit programs. The management and audit program corresponding to a range of the information security policy and the object system, which are designated by an operator, is retrieved and automatically executed. The management and audit program performs a management and audit concerning an information security policy of an object system corresponding to itself.

Abstract: A method of conducting a connectionless communication in a network communication system including a client, a server, and a plurality of proxy servers which are disposed on a transmission path between the client and server. The communication is accomplished by use of specification of a communication address thereof and a port number dynamically assigned by the computer. (a) The server transmits own communication address and own port number to the client. (b) The client transmits own communication address and own port number as well as the communication address and port number of the server to a first adjacent proxy server computer. (c) The N-th (N≧1) proxy server transmits own communication address and own server side port number as well as the communication address and the port number of the server to an (N+1)-st proxy server. (d) step (e) is repeatedly executed by incrementally increasing N until the (N+1)-th proxy server becomes a terminal proxy server.

Abstract: In view of providing a network system enabling communication having passed fire walls (repeaters) and assuring high security and operation flexibility through access control based on users and applications, a user-held table indicating correspondence between repeaters and passwords, a repeater-held table indicating correspondence between users and passwords and a table indicating access regions are defined respectively for users, departments of users and official positions of users and a route control information storing table indicating correspondence between networks and next transmitting destination is also provided to execute the access control for each user.

Abstract: A server system has stored therein a plurality of electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or combinations thereof including means of payment settlement of a purchased commodity, amount of deal, contents of the purchased commodity, financial institutions for making the settlement and so on. The server system selects one of the electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or a combination thereof, including means of payment settlement of a commodity to be purchased when a purchase-side client system requests a seller to sell the commodity. The electronic transaction procedure is distributed to the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client through a communication network. Each of the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client executes electronic transaction processes according to the distributed electronic transaction procedure.

Abstract: In a network system in which each of multiple networks, each containing computers and relay computers, is connected to another network via multiple relay computers which belong to the network concerned, and the communication between two computers belonging to different networks is performed on a communication path via multiple relay computers, there is provided a management computer for collectively managing logs which are dispersively and separately recorded in the multiple respective relay computers.

Abstract: A network system includes: a plurality of repeating installations connected to the network; a plurality of computers connected to the network, each of the computers being connected to the network through a corresponding repeating installation; and a management unit connected to the network. The management unit includes distribution means for distributing at least one of an external audit program and an internal audit program for defining the processing procedure, by which the repeating installation audits vulnerability of at least one of the plurality of computers, from the management unit to the repeating installations through the network.

Abstract: A security system for a network connected with a plurality of computers is disclosed, in which one of the computers monitors the internal status thereof. An internal status monitor unit of the one computer detects the occurrence of a fault and the type of the fault in the one computer. An access control unit of the one computer controls the access to the resources of the one computer. An information transmission unit of the one computer transmits a message to other computers of the network indicating the occurrence of a fault and the type of the fault in the one computer through the network in the case where the internal status monitor unit detects the occurrence of the fault in the one computer. The access control unit executes the processing for protecting the resources of the one computer in accordance with the type of the fault of the one computer in the case where the internal status monitor unit detects the fault of the one computer.

Abstract: A server system has stored therein a plurality of electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or combinations thereof including unit of payment settlement of a purchased commodity, amount of deal, contents of the purchased commodity, financial institutions for making the settlement and so on. The server system selects one of the electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or a combination thereof, including unit of payment settlement of a commodity to be purchased when a purchase-side client system requests a seller to sell the commodity. The electronic transaction procedure is distributed to the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client through a communication network. Each of the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client executes electronic transaction processes according to the distributed electronic transaction procedure.