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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.
A guided introduction for developers implementing security features in Mac OS X.   Essential information for developers building security into their products.   API references organized by framework.
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Secure Transport Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for creating a Secure Sockets Layer session over any transport layer.
 Networking Reference 2004-08-31
Security Framework Error Codes (HTML)
QA1499: Explains how to interpret errors returned by the Security Framework with an overview of Security error handling.
 Networking Technical Q&As 2006-11-16
Smart Card Setup Guide (PDF)
Explains how to configure Mac OS X version 10.4 to use smart cards.
 Networking Guides 2006-08-07
SSLSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains examples showing how to use SecureTransport.
 Networking Sample Code 2003-01-14
Uniquely Identifying a Macintosh Computer (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1103: How to identify a specific Macintosh computer.
 Networking Technical Notes 2006-04-25
Authorization Services C Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for adding fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
 Secure Storage Reference 2005-11-08
Authorization Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to add fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
 Secure Storage Guides 2009-01-06
Certificate, Key, and Trust Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Shows how to evaluate trust for a certificate and recover from a trust failure.
 Secure Storage Guides 2008-11-19
Keychain Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the legacy C API for managing passwords for multiple users and databases. Replaced by Keychain Services.
 Secure Storage Reference 2005-07-07
Keychain Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
This document explains how to use Keychain Services to store and retrieve passwords.
 Secure Storage Guides 2009-03-12
Keychain Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Keychain Services API, used to create, find, modify, and delete keychain items.
 Secure Storage Reference 2008-11-19
Programmatically Accessing and Manipulating Multiple Keychain Items (HTML)
QA1486: An explanation on what is and is not possible using the SecKeychain API to manipulate Keychain Items.
 Secure Storage Technical Q&As 2006-10-03
Security Interface Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Objective-C API for creating views and dialogs relating to authorization, certificates, and keychains.
 Secure Storage Reference 2006-07-14
SecurityInterface Data Types Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the data types found in the Security Interface framework.
 Secure Storage Reference 2006-05-23
SFKeychainSavePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays a sheet or panel that allows the user to create a keychain.
 Secure Storage Reference 2006-05-23
SFKeychainSettingsPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that displays a panel or sheet that allows users to change their keychain settings.
 Secure Storage Reference 2006-05-23
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