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Reference: Security
Mac OS X provides a number of authorization, authentication, and cryptographic services that developers can use to build security into their applications. These interfaces include several C APIs that can be called from Carbon applications to provide security and secure SSL/TLS networking services.
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Security Interface Reference Update (HTML) (PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Security Interface framework.
 2007-07-18
Security Reference Update (HTML) (PDF)
Summarizes the symbols added to the Security framework.
 2007-07-18
Authorization Plug-in Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for implementing an authorization plug-in.
 2007-05-15
Security Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for protecting information and controlling access to software.
 2006-05-23
Authorization Services C Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for adding fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.
 2005-11-08
Keychain Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the legacy C API for managing passwords for multiple users and databases. Replaced by Keychain Services.
 2005-07-07
Keychain Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for storing passwords, certificates, keys, and other security related items.
 2005-04-29
Certificate, Key, and Trust Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for managing certificates, public and private keys, and trust policies.
 2005-03-03
Secure Transport Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for creating a Secure Sockets Layer session over any transport layer.
 2004-08-31