securityd(1)

NAME
securityd - Security context daemon for keychain and cryptographic operations

SYNOPSIS
securityd

DESCRIPTION
securityd maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations. Access to keychain items is routed through securityd to enforce access controls and to keep private keys out of user process address space. 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).

SEE ALSO
authd(8), secd(8)