Harmattan security

MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan platform has a number of security features that are important from the application developer's point of view. They allow you to develop software that takes appropriate precautions to protect the device-critical APIs and the user's private data.

The Qt SDK provides support to automatically analyse your application to make Harmattan security usage as easy as possible. However, there are some situations where this automation cannot assist. You can find more information about Harmattan security and how your software can benefit from it from the Harmattan security documentation.

If you are new to the subject, it is best to start from Introduction to Harmattan security in the Security guide section.

Harmattan security

Topic	Description
Security quick guide	Guide for the basics of Harmattan security. This guide helps you to quickly assess your security needs.
Security guide	Overview of the Harmattan security framework and details about platform and application security.
Using Harmattan security features	Provides information on the following topics: Requesting specific user accounts and groups Requesting supplementary groups Requesting POSIX capabilities Requesting resource tokens Requesting an application identifier Protecting the server's data store by using encryption and signing Protecting the server's data store by using standard Linux file permissions Protecting the server's data store by using the protected storage API Protecting the server's data store transparently Securing the communication between the server and client by using data signing and encryption Protecting the server's D-Bus interface by using resource tokens Protecting the server's interfaces by using server-enforced access control Protecting the application's UNIX socket interface Managing certificates with Certificate Manager
Secure coding	Considerations for secure coding.
Harmattan APIs that require security credentials	List of Harmattan APIs and Qt Declarative modules that require a security token in the Aegis manifest file.
Aegis manifest file generation tool	Provides information about the Aegis manifest file generation tool inside the SDK.
Aegis manifest syntax	Guide to editing the Aegis manifest file.
Aegis examples	Aegis examples for different applications.
Accessing protected X server interfaces	Instructions for accessing protected X server interfaces.
Harmattan security FAQ	Frequently asked questions on Harmattan security.
Security domain overview	Provides a high-level architectural description of the Harmattan security framework.