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    12 <concept id="GUID-B025C751-74E1-536C-85F8-668D05C5E80B" xml:lang="en"><title>Cryptography

    13 API guide</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

    14 <p>The Cryptography API provides cryptographic services to the user software

    15 through a standard Symbian platform interface. </p>

    16 <p>In Symbian^3, a component called CryptoSPI has been introduced. CryptoSPI

    17 manages the selection and loading of cryptographic algorithms. It also provides

    18 a framework that allows device manufactures to implement additional

    19 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>

    20 </conbody></concept>