Security Technical Q&As

	Technical Q&As 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 Q&As List.
Authorization Programming interfaces used for determining whether a user or other entity should be permitted to use a particular service.	Darwin Programming techniques that developers can use at the Darwin or core OS level to build security into their products.	Hardware Resources for creating hardware devices compatible with Apple security technology.



Internet & Web Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services of particular interest to web developers.	Mac OS X Server Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services that software developers can use to build security into server applications running on Mac OS X Server.	Networking Programming interfaces for initiating and managing a secure communication session over a network.