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<concept id="GUID-C37790B3-967C-489C-8753-0434938CBE2B" xml:lang="en"><title>Secure
Sockets</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
<p>In addition to VPN and IPSec, the Symbian platform provides a generic
client interface for communication through end points known as <i>Secure Sockets</i>.
The required security protocol modules can be plugged into the Secure Sockets
interface. </p>
<p>The following figure shows the relationship between applications, secure
socket classes, and secure socket plug-ins.</p>
<fig id="GUID-80DE6518-CDBE-4652-9FE2-1663A1874822"><title>Relationship between applications and secure socket</title><image href="GUID-B913762A-2C87-4218-8D20-EBF88F9756DC_d0e12601_href.png"/></fig>
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