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  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
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<concept id="GUID-B025C751-74E1-536C-85F8-668D05C5E80B" xml:lang="en"><title>Cryptography
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API guide</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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<p>The Cryptography API provides cryptographic services to the user software
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through a standard Symbian platform interface. </p>
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<p>In Symbian^3, a component called CryptoSPI has been introduced. CryptoSPI
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manages the selection and loading of cryptographic algorithms. It also provides
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a framework that allows device manufactures to implement additional
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cryptographic algorithms as plug-ins. The legacy libraries (<filepath>cryptography.dll</filepath>, <filepath>hash.dll</filepath> and <filepath>random.dll</filepath>) are still supported. </p>
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</conbody></concept>