diff -r e8c1ea2c6496 -r 8758140453c0 localisation/apparchitecture/apgrfx/apsecutils.cpp
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+++ b/localisation/apparchitecture/apgrfx/apsecutils.cpp	Thu Jan 21 12:53:44 2010 +0000
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+// Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+// All rights reserved.
+// This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+// under the terms of the License "Symbian Foundation License v1.0"
+// which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+// at the URL "http://www.symbianfoundation.org/legal/sfl-v10.html".
+//
+// Initial Contributors:
+// Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+//
+// Contributors:
+//
+// Description:
+// Security issues related methods used across apparc
+// 
+//
+
+#include <e32std.h>
+#include <e32cmn.h> //for TSecureId
+#include "apsecutils.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * Check if application has a WriteDeviceData capability
+ * and if it's SID is in the protected range
+ * 
+ * @param aAppFilename path to application exe file
+ * @param aHasWriteDeviceDataCap returns ETrue if app has WriteDeviceData cap
+ * @param aIsSidProtected returns ETrue if application SID is in the protected range
+ * @return KErrNone if succesful, error code otherwise
+ */
+EXPORT_C TInt CApaSecurityUtils::CheckAppSecurity( const TPtrC& aAppFilename, 
+                                              TBool& aHasWriteDeviceDataCap, 
+                                              TBool& aIsSidProtected )
+    { 
+    aHasWriteDeviceDataCap = EFalse;
+    aIsSidProtected = EFalse;
+    
+    RLibrary::TInfoBuf infoBuf;
+    TInt ret = RLibrary::GetInfo( aAppFilename, infoBuf );
+    if ( KErrNone == ret )
+        {
+        if ( infoBuf().iSecurityInfo.iCaps.HasCapability(
+                                                ECapabilityWriteDeviceData ) )
+            {
+            aHasWriteDeviceDataCap = ETrue;
+            }
+
+        const TSecureId appSid = infoBuf().iSecurityInfo.iSecureId;
+
+        if( IsSidProtected( TUint32( appSid ) ) )
+            {
+            aIsSidProtected = ETrue;
+            }
+
+        }
+    return ret;
+    }
+
+//End of file