Unified +Keystore Overview

Introduction

The Unified Keystore provides an interface +to access keys in various keystore implementations in the device. Symbian +provides a default keystore implementation. Device creators may include Symbian's +keystore implementation in a device and may add their own keystores.

Keystore functionality

The +Unified Keystore API provides the following functionality:

Generate keys
List Keystores
Import keys
Export keys
List keys
Delete keys
Sign keys

These tasks are performed differently depending on the keystore version +being used.

The Symbian keystore supports access control to the keystore +using application UIDs. There are two modes of access:

Owner: As key owners, applications can create, delete and manage keys.
User: As key users, application can view and retrieve keys but cannot +perform any modification operations.

Notes:

For details on the Unified +Keystore functionality, refer to the Unified +Keystore Tutorials.
The CUnifiedKeyStore class +provides functions for performing the various keystore operations.