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Getting Started

A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to implementing security features in Mac OS X.

Mac OS X offers a large selection of system-level security, authentication, and cryptographic services that you can use to easily add security to your products. You can also extend some of the built-in services of Mac OS X to offer custom security features, such as managing certificates, public and private keys, and restricting access to parts of your application. Process sandboxing prevents code from accessing things that it shouldn't, including files, network resources, and other applications. Read more...


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Leopard Technology Series for Developers: OS Foundations Overview
Beneath its elegant new UI, Leopard offers many system-level updates, including  full POSIX compliance.  Read about what's new in the Mach kernel, security, Bonjour and the file system.

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Fundamentals

Essential information for developers building security into their products.

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Descriptions of the procedural C and Objective-C programming interface elements for working with security.

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Discussion of Apple's implementation of CDSA.

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