Jump To:
Reference Library: Security
Cryptography is the use of encryption and decryption to protect data from unauthorized use. Several Mac OS X services and interfaces make use of encryption. Developers can use these services to store encryption keys and to safely store sensitive data or transmit it over a network.
Document Descriptions
On Off
Display
Sort by
Title		 Sort by
Resource Type		 Sorted by
Date
Code Signing Release Notes (HTML)
Release Note 2007-10-31
Cryptographic Message Syntax Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the API for encrypting, signing, and decoding messages using Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).
 Reference 2007-10-31
Code Signing Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how you can sign your code and why you should.
 Guides 2007-05-15
Keychain Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
This document explains how to use Keychain Services to store and retrieve passwords.
Guides 2007-01-08
Programmatically Accessing and Manipulating Multiple Keychain Items (HTML)
QA1486: An explanation on what is and is not possible using the SecKeychain API to manipulate Keychain Items.
 Technical Q&A 2006-10-03
SecurityInterface Data Types Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the data types found in the Security Interface framework.
 Reference 2006-05-23
SFChooseIdentityPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the class that allows a user to select an identity from a list.
 Reference 2006-05-23
Keychain Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the legacy C API for managing passwords for multiple users and databases. Replaced by Keychain Services.
 Reference 2005-07-07
Keychain Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for storing passwords, certificates, keys, and other security related items.
 Reference 2005-04-29
Apple Cryptographic Service Provider Functional Specification (PDF)
Specification for Apple's implementation of the Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) CDSA plug-in.
 Reference 2005-03-10
Certificate, Key, and Trust Services Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for managing certificates, public and private keys, and trust policies.
 Reference 2005-03-03
Secure Transport Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for creating a Secure Sockets Layer session over any transport layer.
 Reference 2004-08-31
Creating Secure Transactions on Mac OS X Server with SSL (HTML)
Learn how to provide a layer of public-key encryption over any TCP connection.
 Articles 2004-01-12