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<concept id="GUID-EA20E614-C911-4EE9-92B5-C8F9B657D59E" xml:lang="en"><title>Platform security architecture</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
<p>The purpose of the Symbian platform security architecture is to enable
users to use their mobile devices in an easy and trusted manner. For more
information, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/guide/platsecsdk/index.html" format="application/java-archive">platform security</xref>.</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.com/ssguide" 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">S60 Platform: 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">S60 Platform: 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">S60 Platform: 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">S60 Platform: 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">Symbian OS: 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">Symbian OS: 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">S60 Platform: Access Points Example with Roaming Support</xref></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</conbody></concept>