Security Technical Notes

	Technical Notes Security Mac OS X provides a number of system-level authorization, authentication, and cryptographic services that software and hardware developers can use to build security into their products. In addition, Mac OS X provides programming interfaces to SSL/TLS that developers can use to transport data securely over a network.



Security Resources
Getting Started A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to implementing security features in Mac OS X.	Fundamentals Essential information for developers building security into their products.	API Reference Descriptions of the procedural C and Objective-C programming interface elements for working with security.



Security Topics View the complete Security Technical Notes List.
Authorization Programming interfaces used for determining whether a user or other entity should be permitted to use a particular service.	Carbon Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services that developers can call from Carbon applications to build security into their products.	Cocoa Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services that developers can call from Cocoa applications to build security into their products.



Hardware Resources for creating hardware devices compatible with Apple security technology.	Networking Programming interfaces for initiating and managing a secure communication session over a network.