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Symbian Platform Security: Granting Sensitive Capabilities
This presentation describes what sensitive capabilities are and how they can be obtained. AllFiles, CommDD, DiskAdmin, MultimediaDD, NetworkControl, DRM, and TCB are regarded as sensitive capabilities.

Symbian OS: Overview to Security v1.1
This document introduces Symbian OS security principles and outlines methods for applying security features. It also addresses some aspects of platform security introduced in Symbian OS V9.

S60 Platform: Symbian Platform Security FAQ v2.0
Application developers must take Symbian OS platform security into account when developing and certifying Symbian C++ applications. This document answers the most frequently asked questions about the platform security implemented from S60 3rd Edition onward. It discusses topics such as capabilities, data caging, application testing, signing, and certification.

Testing and Signing with Symbian Platform Security v1.5
This updated document describes the basics of Symbian Platform Security and explains how to obtain capabilities.

The Benefits of Symbian Signed
Symbian Signed increases market visibility, customer confidence, and industry distinction for applications that successfully complete this signing and verification process.

Signing Tips
This booklet provides an overview of the Symbian Signed process. It covers the process both pre- and post-Symbian OS platform security.

Capability Descriptions
This short document gives a high-level description of each of the Symbian OS platform security capabilities.

Installing Certificates to S60 3rd Edition Devices
This document explains how to install different SSL certificates to S60 3rd edition devices.

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