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| author | 2010-06-03 12:57:06 -0700 | |
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| committer | 2010-06-03 12:57:06 -0700 | |
| commit | 85a1c578300a0c9fb23aef5f79c9b1f3892e9c2e (patch) | |
| tree | e4c28e458a18a6481bb5b115c01cb785b1609821 | |
| parent | 28a92b2e76a13c18dc23e5239717b122a174182f (diff) | |
| parent | 5bacbfd39ba71089f9d599e5954aaa7cbee630a7 (diff) | |
Merge "Doc change: Adjust security sandbox description." into froyo
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd b/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd index da201c44040a..dbc9866e859a 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/topics/security/security.jd @@ -40,15 +40,14 @@ includes reading or writing the user's private data (such as contacts or e-mails), reading or writing another application's files, performing network access, keeping the device awake, etc.<p> -<p>An application's process is a secure sandbox. It can't disrupt other -applications, except by explicitly declaring the <em>permissions</em> it needs -for additional capabilities not provided by the basic sandbox. These -permissions it requests can be handled by the operating in various ways, -typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on certificates or -by prompting the user. The permissions required by an application are declared -statically in that application, so they can be known up-front at install time -and will not change after that.</p> - +<p>An application's process runs in a security sandbox. The sandbox is designed +to prevent applications from disrupting each other, except by explicitly +declaring the <em>permissions</em> they need for additional capabilities not +provided by the basic sandbox. The system handles requests for permissions +in various ways, typically by automatically allowing or disallowing based on +certificates or by prompting the user. The permissions required by an +application are declared statically in that application, so they can be known +up-front at install time and will not change after that.</p> <a name="signing"></a> <h2>Application Signing</h2> |