Security Reference

	Leopard Reference Security Mac OS X provides a number of system-level authorization, authentication, and cryptographic services that software and hardware developers can use to build security into their products. In addition, Mac OS X provides programming interfaces to SSL/TLS that developers can use to transport data securely over a network.


Getting Started A guided introduction for developers implementing security features in Mac OS X.	Fundamentals Essential information for developers building security into their products.	Frameworks API references organized by framework.



Security Topics View the complete Security Reference List.
Authentication Services that aid in verifying the identity of a user or service.	Authorization APIs for determining whether an entity should be permitted to use a particular service.	Carbon Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services for Carbon applications.



Cocoa Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services for Cocoa applications.	Cryptography APIs for the use of ciphers, encryption keys, and encryption algorithms.	Networking Programming interfaces for secure communication over a network.



Secure Storage Programming interfaces and services for protecting stored data from unauthorized use.