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@page Security_arch_overview Symbian OS Security Architecture Overview
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The Symbian OS security architecture fundamentally consists of two high level components:
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@li Certificate management (certman)
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@li Cryptography (cryptalg)
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Together these modules/components form the basis of a number of higher level components, which include:
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@li Certificate management control panel item (UI to certificate management allowing control of trusted root certificates)
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@li Software installation (@ref authentication / @ref digital_signature "digital signatures")
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@li Secure comms (@ref SSL / @ref TLS, @ref WTLS, @ref IPSec, etc.)
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\b Diagrams
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The following diagrams show the:
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@li @ref Security_arch_pre-v8	"Security architecture: pre-v8.0"
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@li @ref Security_arch_v8		"Security architecture: v8.0 showing component dependencies"
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@li @ref Security_arch_v8_dll	"Security architecture: v8.0 showing individual DLL dependencies"
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