Patent ID: 7430761

Claim:
A command processing system for processing commands sent through a communication path between a management application and a management agent, comprising: a memory that stores a first table pre-registering operational security levels of the communication path between the management application and the management agent and a second table pre-registering security levels required for execution of commands that the management application requests the management agent to execute; first means for obtaining, for each command sent from the management application to the management agent, the operational security level for the command by referencing the first table; second means for obtaining, for each command sent from the management application to the management agent, the required security level by referencing the second table; third means for comparing the operational security level obtained by the first means and the required security level obtained by the second means; and fourth means for determining whether to permit the execution of the command based on result of the comparison made by the third means, wherein the first table lists cipher algorithms and authentication algorithms used on the communication path between the management application and the management agent, together with the operational security level assigned to each combination of the cipher and authentication algorithms.