Patent ID: 8582137

Claim:
A multifunction peripheral having a plurality of image processing functions including an image forming function, the multifunction peripheral comprising: a holding part holding therein security criteria set for the image processing functions in one-to-one correspondence; a receiver operable to receive, from an external terminal, a request for an access that is necessary for executing at least one of the image processing functions; an acquisition part operable to acquire, from the external terminal, security information that is a security indicator regarding the access from the external terminal; a judgment part operable to judge whether or not one of the security criteria set for the at least one of the image processing functions is met, based on the acquired security information; an access controller operable, if the judgment part judges affirmatively, to permit the access, and if the judgment part judges negatively, to prohibit the access or permit the access with a limitation; an execution part operable to execute the at least one of the image processing functions, if the access controller permits the access; and a hard disk drive, wherein one or more of the security criteria set for corresponding one or more of the image processing functions that requires an access to the hard disk drive are stricter than one or more of the security criteria set for corresponding one or more of the image processing functions that do not require the access to the hard disk drive.