JP2006209683A - Encapsulation server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly perform encapsulation processing to data at appropriate timing and to effectively utilize already held network resources. <P>SOLUTION: In downloading document data stored in a document management server 300 to a terminal device 200B or uploading the documents data to be stored in the document management server 300 from the terminal device 200B, when the encapsulation is required according to use conditions given to a user using the terminal device 200B, a front end encapsulation server 100 performs encapsulation processing to document data after downloading or uploading is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for performing encapsulation processing on data exchanged between a terminal device and a data management server in a system in which data used by the terminal device is managed by a data management server.

  With the spread of the Internet environment, an increasing number of companies connect their internal network to the Internet and exchange data between companies via the Internet. For example, data is exchanged by e-mail or Web (http). Thereby, information exchange between companies can be performed rapidly. On the other hand, the problem of leakage of confidential information is also rapidly emerging. In particular, if confidential data is leaked in the form of digital data, it can be copied easily. Once leaked, the damage is likely to be enormous, and it is essential to take measures against leakage of confidential information. It has become.

  As a technique for protecting digital data on a network, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 can be cited. In Patent Document 1, in a system that transmits and receives document information via a proxy server, the transmission side encrypts the document and transmits it to the server, and the server decrypts the encrypted document and then uses the key for the reception side. A technique for encryption and transmission to the receiving side is described.

  Further, as techniques for protecting digital data on a network, there are transmission techniques such as SSL (secure sockets layer) and IPsec (IP security protocol), and encryption techniques such as s / meme and PGP. However, although these technologies are effective for protecting the transmission path, a user with the correct access right acquires raw digital data and illegally crossflows the digital data obtained by the user. Danger remains.

  DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology has emerged as a technology to prevent the crossflow of digital data. In the DRM technology, digital content is encapsulated as a kind of encryption, and only a user having the right can use the digital content. In other words, when DRM is used, the digital content itself is encrypted, and even if the user has correct access rights, the user cannot obtain raw digital data. For this reason, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized use such as a lateral flow of content by a user having the right. This DRM technology has attracted attention mainly in the consumer market such as voice and video because it is intended to be used only by users who have purchased the right to use the content correctly.

  On the other hand, as mentioned above, the problem of leakage of confidential information has recently become apparent even in digital information handled by companies, and it has the same problem as the consumer market where illegal data is leaked by employees with the right access rights. . Therefore, products that use DRM technology for business use and automatically encrypt e-mails have appeared.

Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2003-502882

  However, even when the DRM technique is used, the problem of leakage of confidential information remains. In other words, it is up to the user to decide whether or not to encapsulate the digital data. For example, after the document sender manually encapsulates it, it must be stored and managed in a document management system or the like. It was. That is, the user is forced to take the step of encapsulating the document. As described above, since the encapsulating operation is left to the user, for example, a user who feels hurry or troublesome may share a document without encapsulating. It was.

  On the other hand, a technique for performing encapsulation automatically can be considered. That is, rights information is set in a folder on the server side where documents are stored, and the file is encapsulated when the file (document) is stored in the document server. This technique automatically encapsulates the file, thus avoiding forcing the user to encapsulate. However, if the file is automatically encapsulated, for example, when a document A is stored in this folder, the document is encrypted at the time of storage. Therefore, if the document A is edited again later, The document must be encrypted and stored again. When the original document before editing and the document after editing coexist on the document server, the user must manage which document is the original document and which document is the edited document. become.

  Under such circumstances, it has been desired to perform the encapsulation process surely according to the importance of the document data, and to perform the encapsulation process at an appropriate timing considering the editing of the document data.

  Furthermore, since many companies already have an in-house network system, switching to a new system is problematic in terms of cost. For this reason, it is desired that the network resources already possessed can be used effectively.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to perform encapsulation processing on data at a reliable and appropriate timing. Another object of the present invention is to effectively use already owned network resources.

  In order to achieve the above object, an encapsulation server according to a preferred aspect of the present invention is configured to exchange data between a terminal device and a data management server in a system that manages data used in the terminal device with a data management server. The terminal device when the data stored in the data management server is downloaded to the terminal device or when the data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device Alternatively, when encapsulation is requested according to usage conditions given to a user who uses the terminal device, the encapsulation process is performed on the data to be downloaded or uploaded.

  In this system, in the encapsulation server, the data to be downloaded or uploaded is encapsulated in accordance with the usage conditions given to the user. Data handled by this system is digital content such as document data, image data, and audio data. The usage conditions are registered in advance in the encapsulation server by, for example, a data creator. The use condition includes a condition for designating whether or not encapsulation is required according to the importance of the data. The usage conditions are set for each user or each user group, for example. For this reason, for users who are allowed to use data only under the condition of encapsulating, when the user tries to download data or uploads data, the encapsulation process is surely performed. Applied. Moreover, since the encapsulation server can be provided, for example, between the data management server and the terminal device, it is possible to effectively use already owned network resources.

  Preferably, a means for storing a download condition table in which a user who uses the terminal device and data required to be encapsulated are associated with each other, and when the data stored in the data management server is downloaded to the terminal device, And means for encapsulating the data when the user using the terminal device is associated with the data in the download condition table.

  Preferably, a means for storing an upload condition table in which a user using the terminal device is associated with a data storage area, and when the data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device, And a means for performing encapsulation processing on the data when the user using the terminal device is associated with the data storage area that is the storage destination of the data.

  Desirably, the encapsulated data is stored, and if the encapsulating process is necessary when the data is later downloaded or uploaded, the already-encapsulated data is used. It is characterized by that.

  In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a preferred aspect of the present invention is a data management server that manages data exchanged between a terminal device and a data management server in a data management server. In a program for causing a computer to function as an encapsulating server to be relayed, means for storing a download condition table in which a computer is associated with a user who uses a terminal device and data required to be encapsulated, and stored in a data management server When the downloaded data is downloaded to the terminal device, if the user who uses the terminal device is associated with the data in the download condition table, means for performing encapsulation processing on the data, the terminal device An upgrade that associates the user with the data storage area A data storage area that is a storage location of a user who uses the terminal device in the upload condition table when data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device. Is associated with the data, it is made to function as means for performing an encapsulation process on the data.

  According to the present invention, the encapsulation process is performed on the data at a reliable and appropriate timing. For example, for a user who is permitted to use data only under the condition of encapsulation, the encapsulation process is surely performed when the user tries to download or upload the data. Is done. Moreover, since the encapsulation server can be provided, for example, between the data management server and the terminal device, it is possible to effectively use already owned network resources.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a document management system using an encapsulation server (front-end encapsulation server 100) according to the present invention.

  In the document management system of FIG. 1, a front-end encapsulation server 100, a plurality of terminal devices 200A and 200B, a document management server 300, and an access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 are connected to each other via a local area network (LAN) 500. System.

  The document management server 300 provides the document data managed by the document management server 300 to the terminal devices 200A and 200B in response to requests from the terminal devices 200A and 200B. However, the exchange of document data and the like between the terminal devices 200A and 200B and the document management server 300 is performed via the front-end encapsulation server 100. For example, by limiting the IP address, the terminal devices 200A and 200B have a system configuration that can be connected to the document management server 300 only via the front-end encapsulation server 100. At this time, the system can be configured more safely by using means for encrypting the communication path such as SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

  Data handled by the encapsulation server (front-end encapsulation server 100) of the present invention is not limited to document data. For example, image data, audio data, and the like can be handled instead of document data. In the present embodiment, data exchange will be described using document data as an example.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration inside the front-end encapsulation server 100. The front-end encapsulation server 100 has a hardware configuration (not shown) such as a CPU, memory, and hard disk. Then, the software (program) for causing the hardware configuration to function as the front-end encapsulation server 100 and the hardware configuration cooperate with each other, so that the encapsulation processing unit 110, the access ticket requesting unit 120, Each function of the download condition table storage unit 130 and the upload condition table storage unit 140 is realized. For example, the functions of the encapsulation processing unit 110 and the access ticket requesting unit 120 are realized mainly by the CPU and the memory, and the storage area inside the hard disk is used as the download condition table storage unit 130 and the upload condition table storage unit 140, for example. .

  Incidentally, the front-end encapsulation server 100 is not necessarily realized by a single device. Some of the functions, for example, the download condition table storage unit 130 and the upload condition table storage unit 140 may be provided outside the apparatus via the LAN 500 or the like. It is also possible to incorporate a part or all of the functional configuration inside the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 described later in detail into the front-end encapsulation server 100. For example, the function of the front-end encapsulation server 100 and the function of the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 may be realized by a single device.

  The terminal devices 200 </ b> A and 200 </ b> B are devices used by each user who uses document data managed by the document management server 300. A representative example of the terminal devices 200A and 200B is a computer, but it may be a portable information terminal such as a PDA (personal digital assistance).

  The access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 issues an access ticket and a capsule key to the front-end encapsulation server 100 in response to a request.

  In general, a server for managing documents is equipped with software for sharing various digital data typified by document data between groups. In order for a user to access a server using a computer or the like, dedicated software is often used. On the other hand, the document management server 300 according to the present embodiment can be accessed from the terminal devices 200A and 200B via the front-end encapsulation server 100 using, for example, a Web browser. Therefore, special software for accessing the document management server 300 is not imposed on the terminal devices 200A and 200B having a Web browser function.

  In a general document management system, a user logs in to a server with his / her user ID, accesses a document folder managed by the server, and extracts (downloads) or stores (uploads) necessary document data. The document data is encapsulated by the creator of the data, for example. Furthermore, access rights are granted to document data and document folders. The access right includes a usage condition given to a user who uses the document data. Thereby, for example, a function for limiting the operation of the user who acquired the encapsulated document data is realized.

  Also in this embodiment, the encapsulating process is performed on the document data and the document folder, and the access right is given. However, in this embodiment, the encapsulation processing is performed on the document data by the encapsulation processing unit 110 provided in the front-end encapsulation server 100.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining access rights in the present embodiment. FIG. 2 shows an example of an access right setting screen. The access right is set for the document data and restricts the operation of the user who uses the document data. For example, the access right is set and changed by a document data administrator (such as the creator of the document data). . Access right data relating to the set access right is stored in the front-end encapsulation server (reference numeral 100 in FIG. 1). Therefore, for example, the setting screen of FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen of the terminal device used by the administrator of the document data, and the front-end encapsulation server is set according to the access right setting or changing operation performed through the terminal device. The access right data stored in is set and changed. 2 may be displayed on the screen of the front-end encapsulation server, and the administrator of the document data may directly operate the front-end encapsulation server to set or change access right data.

  The setting screen shown in FIG. 2 is a screen for setting access rights for document data “catalog.doc”. For example, an access right setting button with file names of a plurality of document data managed by the document management server is prepared on the initial screen of access right setting, and the access right setting of “catalog.doc” document data therein is set. By pressing the button, the screen transitions to the screen of FIG.

  In the setting screen of FIG. 2, “user name” is a user ID of a user who uses the document data (catalog.doc). “Management” and “Encapsulation” are items of access rights given to each user, ○ means that the right is set, and blank indicates that the right is not set. I mean. For example, “UserA” is set with the right of “management” and is not set with “encapsulation”.

  “Management” of the access right items indicates whether or not there is an authority to manage the document data. In the example shown in FIG. 2, “UserA” can change the access right of “catalog.doc” document data. That is, “User A” can change the access right of the “catalog.doc” document data (addition or deletion of a user name, addition or deletion of a circle, etc.) on the setting screen shown in FIG.

  Further, in this embodiment, “encapsulation” is provided as an item of access right. The item “encapsulation” is further composed of a plurality of items. “Apply” in the “encapsulation” item indicates whether or not the user needs to perform encapsulation processing when accessing the document data. For example, since “Apply” is set for “UserB”, when “UserB” accesses “Catalog.doc” document data, front-end encapsulation is performed for “Catalog.doc” document data. Encapsulation processing is performed at the server. When other items in the “encapsulation” are not set, it means that the user has only the right to view the encapsulated document data.

  “Print” in the “encapsulation” item indicates whether or not there is a right to print the encapsulated document data, and can be set when “apply” is set. That is, printing is valid when both the “apply” and “print” items are set (circled). “Edit” in the “encapsulation” item indicates whether or not there is a right to edit the encapsulated document data, and can be set when “apply” is set. .

  In addition, the “expiration date” in the “encapsulation” item indicates the time limit for exercising the right set for the encapsulated document, and the “number of times” indicates the encapsulation. It indicates how many times the rights set for a given document can be exercised. The “expiration date” and “number of times” can also be set when “apply” is set. Note that “expiration date” and “number of times” do not set the time limit or number of times document data is acquired from the document management server, but use document data downloaded from the document management server via the front-end encapsulation server ( Browsing and printing).

  From the above, in the setting state shown in FIG. 2, each user has the following rights. UserA has management authority. User B has the right to apply encapsulation and print encapsulation. Since encapsulation is applied, encapsulation is executed when User B downloads this document data. User B can print up to 2004/10/1 with respect to the encapsulated document data.

  Group Z is given the application of encapsulation. When a group ID is set in the user name, the access right is applied to users belonging to the group. Since encapsulation is applied to Group Z, encapsulation is executed when a user belonging to Group Z downloads this document data. In addition, a user belonging to Group Z can browse the encapsulated document data up to five times.

  In the present embodiment, a download condition table is created in the front-end encapsulation server (reference numeral 100 in FIG. 1) based on the access right set for each of a plurality of document data.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the download condition table. The download condition table is a table in which a user who uses a terminal device is associated with data required to be encapsulated. The front-end encapsulation server generates a download condition table based on the access right set for each of the plurality of document data. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the user B needs to perform the encapsulation process when downloading the “catalog.doc” document data in the common folder, and has authority to view the encapsulated document data. It shows that it is given. Further, the user B is authorized to view and edit the encapsulated “business concept.doc” document data.

  If only the folder name is shown as the target data name, it means that all the document data in the folder are targeted. For example, the user C is authorized to view and print all the encapsulated document data in the “browsing” folder. In the download condition table, when a user is associated with data, when the data is downloaded to the user, an encapsulation process is performed by the front-end encapsulation server.

  Note that encapsulation processing is not performed for users who are not shown in the download condition table. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 3, if the access right to the document data is set for the GroupX members not shown in the download condition table, the encapsulation is not performed, and the raw document data is stored. Downloaded. If it is desired to prevent access by GroupX members, the access right setting on the document management server (reference numeral 300 in FIG. 1) may be set so that access is not permitted to GroupX. That is, the access right setting of the front-end encapsulation server is to give a condition whether or not to encapsulate data when a user who is permitted to access the document management server acquires the data.

  In this embodiment, when encapsulation is requested by the download condition table, the encapsulation process is performed in the front-end encapsulation server when the user downloads the document data. Therefore, hereinafter, processing until document data is downloaded in the present embodiment will be described. In the following description, the parts shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining download processing executed in the document management system of this embodiment. Hereinafter, processing in each step shown in this flowchart will be described.

  (S401) First, a user who wishes to use document data connects to the document management server 300 via the front-end encapsulation server 100 using a terminal device used by the user, and issues a document data download instruction. For example, the user B registered as the user name “UserB” on the setting screen shown in FIG. 2 connects to the document management server 300 using the terminal device 200B, and uses the Web browser or the like to use the document data “catalog”. .Doc "download instruction.

  (S402) Upon receiving the download instruction, the document management server 300 transfers the document data requested for download to the front-end encapsulation server 100.

  (S403) When the document data is transferred, the front-end encapsulation server 100 refers to the download condition table stored in the download condition table storage unit 130, searches for the download condition regarding the document data, and needs to be encapsulated. Determine whether or not. For example, the document management server 300 acquires a user ID from the user B when the user B connects to the server. Then, the acquired user ID is transferred to the front-end encapsulation server 100, and the front-end encapsulation server 100 checks whether the user corresponding to the user ID is indicated in the download condition table by using the user ID as a key. . For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, since user B and the document data “catalog.doc” are associated with each other, encapsulation is necessary when downloading “catalog.doc” document data to user B. It is judged.

  (S404) When the encapsulation process is necessary, the front-end encapsulation server 100 acquires a capsule key necessary for the encapsulation process from the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400. The encapsulation process is a kind of encryption process for document data. In the encapsulation process, a capsule key corresponding to an encryption key is used. This capsule key is issued by the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400.

  (S405) The front-end encapsulation server 100 that has acquired the capsule key executes an encapsulation process on the document data with the acquired capsule key in the encapsulation processing unit 110. For example, the document data “catalog.doc” is encapsulated with the acquired capsule key K.

  (S406) When the encapsulation process is performed, the access ticket requesting unit 120 of the front-end encapsulation server 100 designates the user ID, the capsule key, and the use condition, and then accesses the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400. Request to issue For example, the user ID of User B (UserB), the capsule key K used for the encapsulation processing of the document data “catalog.doc”, the usage conditions shown in the download condition table of FIG. Requests issuance of an access ticket corresponding to the use conditions.

  (S407) The access ticket / capsule key issuance server 400 requested to issue an access ticket uses key information assigned to each user registered in advance or each hardware used by the user using the user ID as a key. Search (hereinafter referred to as user individual key information). User individual key information is stored in hardware such as a terminal device used by a user or a USB key, IC card, or PC used by the user, and is key information issued in units of users or their hardware. The user is registered in the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 when registering use of the document management system of the present embodiment. For example, the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 searches the user individual key information of the terminal device 200B used by the user B using the user ID (UserB) of the user B as a key. The access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 that has searched the user individual key information generates an access ticket from the user individual key information, the capsule key information, and the use conditions. For example, from the user individual key information of the terminal device 200B used by the user B, the information of the capsule key K used for the encapsulation process of the document data “catalog.doc”, the usage conditions shown in the download condition table of FIG. An access ticket for user B relating to the data “catalog.doc” is generated. In this way, the user individual key information used by the user and the user usage conditions are reflected in the access ticket.

  (S408) The front-end encapsulation server 100 acquires the generated access ticket and provides the access ticket and the encapsulated document data to the user terminal device. For example, the access ticket of the user B regarding the document data “catalog.doc” and the encapsulated document data of “catalog.doc” are downloaded by the terminal device 200B.

  (S409) The user terminal device decrypts the document data encapsulated based on the access ticket. For example, the terminal device 200B of the user B decrypts the encapsulated document data “catalog.doc” based on the access ticket of the user B related to the document data “catalog.doc” (decapsulation). Since the access ticket is generated based on the hardware key information, the “catalog.doc” document data can be decrypted only by the user B hardware corresponding to the hardware key information, for example, the terminal device 200B. Become. Further, since the use conditions are reflected in the access ticket, the operation of the user B is restricted by the use conditions. For example, the usage conditions shown in the download condition table of FIG. 3 allow user B to only browse the “catalog.doc” document data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the encapsulating process is performed on the document data at a reliable and appropriate timing. That is, when the front-end encapsulation server 100 needs to encapsulate a document, the encapsulation process is surely performed when the user tries to download the document. Encapsulation processing is performed at the time of download, so even if the document data is edited, the edited document data is encapsulated, making it easy to provide the latest version of the document data. The burden is reduced.

  In the present embodiment, the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 is requested to issue an access ticket by specifying a user ID, a capsule key, and the like. This is because in this embodiment, the access ticket technology (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 10-247905, 10-247905, etc.) is used as the DRM technology. In general, an access ticket is an encryption key (capsule key) for encapsulation and key information that is issued for each user or hardware and stored in hardware such as an IC card or a computer used by the user. Generated from information. In this embodiment, when the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 issues an access ticket, the hardware key information is searched from the database using the user name as a key, and the access ticket is obtained from the capsule encryption key information. Is generated.

  Note that the encapsulation technique in the present invention is not limited to an access ticket. In other words, as a DRM technique used for encapsulation, another technique instead of an access ticket may be used. In this case, instead of the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400, a server or the like corresponding to the DRM technology to be used is prepared, and data exchange required for the technology is appropriately performed.

  In this embodiment, the access ticket is provided to the user terminal device (client side) together with the encapsulated document data. There are several possible variations in the way the access ticket and document data are provided to the client side. For example, there is a providing method in which an access ticket is first embedded in a client-side script and registered in the client environment, and then the encapsulated document data body is downloaded. Also, the access ticket and the encapsulated document data are combined into one file, and when the user receives the file, the helper application runs on the client terminal device, and the helper application is encapsulated with the access ticket. There is also a method of separating document data.

  Further, without distributing the access ticket and the document data at the same time, for example, the URL of the Web server for obtaining the access ticket is described in the encapsulated document data, and the URL is used when the access ticket is necessary. A configuration in which a Web browser accesses the server may be used. In this case, for example, when the user opens the capsule, the user may connect to the URL of the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400, and the user may acquire the access ticket from the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400.

  In the present embodiment, the encapsulation process is performed in the front-end encapsulation server 100. In general, the process of encapsulating (encrypting) relatively large document data takes time, and the load on the server is large. Therefore, in order to reduce the load on the server, the front-end encapsulated server 100 may store the encapsulated document data only for a predetermined period, for example. As a result, when encapsulating processing is necessary when providing the same document data to the terminal device later, the already stored document data after encapsulating processing can be used, and the burden associated with the encapsulating processing is reduced. It becomes possible to do.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to encapsulate document data not only at the download timing but also at the upload timing. When the encapsulation process is performed at the upload timing, the upload condition table is used.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the upload condition table. The upload condition table is a table in which a user who uses a terminal device is associated with a data storage area. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, it is indicated that the encapsulating process is necessary when the user B uploads the document data to the “browsing” folder in the document management server. Further, it is indicated that when the user C uploads the document data to the “common” folder in the document management server, the encapsulation process is necessary. In the upload condition table, when a user and a data storage area are associated with each other, when the user uploads document data to the storage area, the front-end encapsulation server performs an encapsulation process.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, processing until document data is uploaded will be described. In the following description, the parts shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the upload process executed in the document management system of this embodiment. Hereinafter, processing in each step shown in this flowchart will be described.

  (S601) First, a user who wants to upload document data accesses the storage area of the document management server 300 via the front-end encapsulation server 100 using the terminal device he / she uses, and gives an instruction to upload the document data. Do. For example, the user B accesses the “browse” folder of the document management server 300 using the terminal device 200B, and issues an instruction to upload document data using a Web browser or the like.

  (S602) The document data requested to be uploaded is transferred from the user terminal device to the front-end encapsulation server 100, and the front-end encapsulation server 100 acquires the document data.

  (S603) When the document data is transferred, the front-end encapsulation server 100 refers to the upload condition table stored in the upload condition table storage unit 140, searches for the upload condition related to the document data, and needs to be encapsulated. Determine whether or not. For example, the document management server 300 acquires a user ID from the user B when the user B connects to the server. Then, the acquired user ID is transferred to the front-end encapsulation server 100, and the front-end encapsulation server 100 checks whether the user corresponding to the user ID is indicated in the upload condition table by using the user ID as a key. Further, it is checked whether or not the data storage area that is the storage destination of the document data is associated. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, since user B and the data storage area “browsing” folder are associated with each other, encapsulation is necessary when user B uploads document data to the “browsing” folder. It is judged.

  (S604) When the encapsulation process is necessary, the front-end encapsulation server 100 acquires a capsule key necessary for the encapsulation process from the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400. The encapsulation process is a kind of encryption process for document data. In the encapsulation process, a capsule key corresponding to an encryption key is used. This capsule key is issued by the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400.

  (S605) The front-end encapsulation server 100 that has acquired the capsule key performs an encapsulation process on the document data to be uploaded with the acquired capsule key in the encapsulation processing unit 110.

  (S606) When the encapsulation process is performed, the front-end encapsulation server 100 uploads the document data encapsulated in the designated data storage area. For example, the encapsulated document data requested by the user B is uploaded to the “browsing” folder in the document management server 300.

  (S607) When the document data is uploaded, the document management server 300 transfers a status indicating that the storage (upload) is successful to the user via the front-end encapsulation server 100. For example, the status is transferred from the document management server 300 to the terminal device 200B of the user B. As a result, the user B can confirm that the document data has been uploaded.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the encapsulation process is performed when the document data is uploaded. The procedure for downloading the uploaded document data is as described with reference to FIG. 4. However, when the document data is encapsulated at the time of upload, the encapsulation at the time of download is performed. Processing is omitted. An example of the procedure for downloading document data encapsulated at the time of upload is as follows.

  For example, the user C connects to the document management server 300 via the front-end encapsulation server 100, accesses the “browsing” folder of the document management server 300, and gives an instruction to download the document data there. Next, the target document data is transferred from the document management server 300 to the front-end encapsulation server 100. The front-end encapsulation server 100 refers to the download condition table managed by itself and confirms the download condition of the user C. At this time, if the user C is requested to encapsulate the target document data, the encapsulated document data is provided to the user C, but the document data is already encapsulated at the time of uploading. If it is, the encapsulation process at the time of downloading is omitted, and already encapsulated document data is used. Then, the front-end encapsulation server 100 designates a user ID (user C), an encapsulation key, and usage conditions (viewing / printing, etc.), and requests the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 to issue an access ticket. Receive an access ticket. The front-end encapsulation server 100 provides the received access ticket and the encapsulated document data to the user C.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, for example, for a user who is permitted to use data only under the condition of encapsulating, when the user tries to download data or uploads data In addition, the encapsulation process is surely performed. Further, since the front-end encapsulation server 100 can be provided, for example, between the data management server 300 and the terminal devices 200A and 200B, it is possible to effectively use already owned network resources.

  It should be noted that, in order to further effectively use the already owned network resources, it is desirable to incorporate the function of the front-end encapsulation server 100 into the SSL-VPN server. Thus, for example, for a user accessing via the in-house LAN 500, while maintaining the existing environment for directly accessing the document management server 300, for a user accessing from outside the company via the SSL-VPN server, With the function of the front-end encapsulation server 100 incorporated in the SSL-VPN server, the document data passing therethrough is subjected to encapsulation processing as necessary. In this mode, for example, when a user in the company accesses via the in-house LAN 500, the user can access the document management server 300 and handle raw document data, and the user accesses from outside the company. Since only the encapsulation is necessary, it is possible to distribute only safe data outside the company while maintaining the existing in-house network system.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, embodiment mentioned above is only a mere illustration in all the points, and does not limit the scope of the present invention. For example, FIG. 1 illustrates a system in which the front-end encapsulation server 100, the plurality of terminal devices 200A and 200B, the document management server 300, and the access ticket / capsule key issuing server 400 are connected to each other via the LAN 500. However, the present invention may be applied to a network system using the Internet instead of the LAN 500 of FIG. Of course, a configuration in which each server and each terminal device are connected by combining the Internet and the LAN 500 may be used.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a document management system using an encapsulation server according to the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the access right in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating a download condition table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the download process in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the upload condition table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the upload process in this embodiment.

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  100 front-end encapsulation server, 110 encapsulation processing unit, 120 access ticket request unit, 130 download condition table storage unit, 140 upload condition table storage unit, 300 document management server, 400 access ticket / capsule key issuing server.

Claims (5)

An encapsulation server that relays data exchange between a terminal device and a data management server in a system that manages data used in the terminal device by a data management server,
When the data stored in the data management server is downloaded to the terminal device or when the data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device, the terminal device or a user who uses the terminal device If encapsulation is requested according to the usage conditions given, the encapsulated process is applied to the downloaded or uploaded data.
An encapsulated server characterized by that. The encapsulation server according to claim 1,
Means for storing a download condition table in which a user who uses a terminal device is associated with data required to be encapsulated;
When data stored in the data management server is downloaded to the terminal device, if the user who uses the terminal device is associated with the data in the download condition table, the data is encapsulated. Means,
Having
An encapsulated server characterized by that. The encapsulation server according to claim 2,
Means for storing an upload condition table in which a user using a terminal device is associated with a data storage area;
When data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device, in the upload condition table, when the user who uses the terminal device is associated with the data storage area that is the storage location of the data, Means for encapsulating the data;
Having
An encapsulated server characterized by that. The encapsulation server according to claim 3, wherein
If the encapsulated data is saved and encapsulation is required when the data is later downloaded or uploaded, use the already-encapsulated data.
An encapsulated server characterized by that. In a program for causing a computer to function as an encapsulation server that relays data exchange between a terminal device and a data management server in a system that manages data used in the terminal device with a data management server,
Computer
Means for storing a download condition table in which a user who uses a terminal device is associated with data required to be encapsulated;
When data stored in the data management server is downloaded to the terminal device, if the user who uses the terminal device is associated with the data in the download condition table, the data is encapsulated. means,
Means for storing an upload condition table in which a user using a terminal device is associated with a data storage area;
When data stored in the data management server is uploaded from the terminal device, in the upload condition table, when the user who uses the terminal device is associated with the data storage area that is the storage location of the data, Means for encapsulating the data;
Program to function as.

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