securityd(1) BSD General Commands Manual securityd(1)
NAME
securityd -- Security context daemon for Authorization and cryptographic
operations
SYNOPSIS
securityd
DESCRIPTION
securityd maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic opera-
tions and Security Authorizations. Access to keychain items is routed
through securityd to enforce access controls and to keep private keys out
of user process address space. Authorization calls also communicate with
securityd to enforce rules contained in the /etc/authorization database.
All user interaction with securityd is mediated through the Security
Agent.
This command is not intended to be invoked directly.
HISTORY
securityd was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.0 (Cheetah) as the
"Security Server" and was renamed in 10.4 (Tiger).
AUTHORS
Perry The Cynic
Darwin September 17, 2009 Darwin
Mac OS X 10.6 - Generated Thu Sep 17 20:09:07 CDT 2009