Apple has a huge focus on security these days, something that’s apparently impeding artificial intelligence development within the company, and now it wants to get third-party developers in on the idea, too.
According to a report published by VentureBeat, Apple has launched its cryptographic libraries specifically for third-party developers, which the Cupertino-based company hopes will let developers implement even more advanced security features for the apps they make available in the appropriate App Stores. These libraries are the same exact ones that Apple utilizes for its iOS and OS X platforms, opening the doors for third-party developers in a big way.
As far as what will be available to developers, Apple is opening up two separate areas. One of those is “Common Crypto,” which will allow for support for security features like hash-based message authentication, digests and more:
“The Common Crypto library provides additional support for operations like symmetric encryption, hash-based message authentication codes, and digests.”
The other piece opening up to developers is “Security Framework,” which will make available to developers an interface that can manage things like trust policies, trust keys, certificates and more:
“Security Framework provides interfaces for managing certificates, public and private keys, and trust policies. It supports the generation of cryptographically secure pseudorandom numbers. It also supports the storage of certificates and cryptographic keys in the keychain, which is a secure repository for sensitive user data.”
If you’re a developer that wants to put more focus on security, you can head through the Apple source link below. Do you like Apple’s ideas on security for the user?
[via VentureBeat; Apple]
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