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<p>The purpose of the Symbian platform security architecture is

to enable users to use their mobile devices in an easy and trusted

manner.</p>

<p>This section introduces some central platform security concepts.

These include the following:</p>

<ul>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-6971B0A2-F79B-4E05-8AF3-BB1FC1932A22.dita">Capabilities</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-B9414AE8-820E-4CA5-A9C4-29560CD6F2EF.dita">Application signing</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="GUID-ACDED56F-38FE-491D-B019-BE2C53A75D28.dita">Data caging</xref></p></li>

</ul>

<p>For more details on the above concepts, see the <xref format="" href="https://www.symbiansigned.com/" scope="external">Symbian Signed</xref> website.</p>

<section id="GUID-49FCB653-EE07-4D7D-A1B9-AAAD77837147"><title>Additional

information on security</title>

<ul>

<li><p>For more information on how to test and certify your

applications and how to access <xref href="GUID-6971B0A2-F79B-4E05-8AF3-BB1FC1932A22.dita">capabilities</xref>, see <xref href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Complete_Guide_To_Symbian_Signed" scope="external">The Complete Guide to Symbian Signed</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p>For more information about security in Symbian C++

application development, see the <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Symbian_C%2B%2B_Security_Articles" scope="external">Security Articles</xref> in the Forum Nokia Developer Community

Wiki.</p></li>

<li><p>For more advanced information and practical examples

on how to use various security options provided by the platform, see

the following Forum Nokia resources:<draft-comment time="2009-04-20T13:01">All these examples are listed as compatible

with the 3rd Edition on Forum Nokia, and therefore it is unclear whether

they apply to 5th Edition.</draft-comment></p>

<ul>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/1bd6bf54-7886-43a5-8335-821bcb603049/S60_Platform_System_Information_Example_v2_0_en.zip.html" scope="external">System Information Example</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/53a369e8-14c7-4f52-9731-577db4e0d303/S60_Platform_ECom_Plug-in_Architecture_v2_0_en.pdf.html" scope="external">ECom Plug-in Architecture</xref> and <xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/75ae7bde-7401-490f-87ec-920e44f518c2/S60_Platform_ECom_Plug-in_Examples_v2_0_en.zip.html" scope="external">ECom Plug-In Examples</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/b740b0e2-1201-4471-bbd4-1d9c77bcfa97/S60_Platform_HTTP_Client_API_Example_v2_0_en.zip.html" scope="external">HTTP Client API Example</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/07416c2f-ef81-4d70-a085-e38e758dc308/Symbian_OS_End-to-End_HTTP_API_Example_v1_3_en.zip.html" scope="external">End-to-End HTTP API Example</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/4f781f57-a5ae-4508-8afb-8cdd296b87f5/Symbian_OS_End-to-End_Sockets_API_Example_v1_3_en.zip.html" scope="external">End-to-End Sockets API Example</xref></p></li>

<li><p><xref href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/dc3f99aa-10fa-4855-b3b1-dd507136b6fa/S60_Platform_Access_Points_Example_with_Roaming_Support_v1_0_en.zip.html" scope="external">Access Points Example with Roaming Support</xref></p></li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

</section>

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