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securityd(1)              BSD General Commands Manual             securityd(1)

NAME
     securityd -- Security context daemon for Authorization and cryptographic operations

SYNOPSIS
     securityd

DESCRIPTION
     securityd maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations and Security Authoriza-tions. Authorizations.
     tions. Access to keychain items is routed through securityd to enforce access controls and to keep pri-vate private
     vate keys out of user process address space.  Authorization calls also communicate with securityd to
     enforce rules contained in the /etc/authorization database.  All user interaction with securityd is
     mediated through the Security Agent.

     This command is not intended to be invoked directly.

HISTORY
     securityd was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.0 (Cheetah) as the "Security Server" and was
     renamed in 10.4 (Tiger).

AUTHORS
     Perry The Cynic

Darwin                           April 2, 2008                          Darwin