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    12 <concept id="GUID-C37790B3-967C-489C-8753-0434938CBE2B" xml:lang="en"><title>Secure

    13 Sockets</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

    14 <p>In addition to VPN and IPSec, the Symbian platform provides a generic

    15 client interface for communication through end points known as <i>Secure Sockets</i>.

    16 The required security protocol modules can be plugged into the Secure Sockets

    17 interface. </p>

    18 <p>The following figure shows the relationship between applications, secure

    19 socket classes, and secure socket plug-ins.</p>

    20 <fig id="GUID-80DE6518-CDBE-4652-9FE2-1663A1874822"><title>Relationship between applications and secure socket</title><image href="GUID-B913762A-2C87-4218-8D20-EBF88F9756DC_d0e8744_href.png"/></fig>

    21 <p>For more information on Secure Sockets, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/guide/Networking-subsystem-guide/SecureSocketsGuide/index.html" format="application/java-archive">Using

    22 Secure Sockets (TLS)</xref> and <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/guide/Communications-Infrastructure-subsystem-guide/esock/index.html" format="application/java-archive">Using

    23 Sockets Server (ESOCK)</xref>.</p>

    24 </conbody></concept>