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Commit 5bacbfd3 authored by Dirk Dougherty's avatar Dirk Dougherty
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Doc change: Adjust security sandbox description.

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@@ -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>