I suggest reading keystore.c, its not that long. there are access controls
based on uid.

-bri

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Anders Rundgren
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On 2011-03-31 09:47, Brian Carlstrom wrote:
> > the keygen implementation installs keys that could be used for VPN and
> WiFi
> > auth but not by browser or email or other apps.
>
> That's interesting!  Does this mean that there are multiple and isolated
> keystores in Android?
>
> -ar
>
> >
> > -bri
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Anders Rundgren <
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Android 2.something had a half-implemented <keygen> that (if it had
> >     worked...) does what you are asking for, albeit in a very primitive
> >     way.
> >
> >     I don't know if 2.3 has a complete implementation.
> >
> >     Anders
> >
> >     On Mar 28, 10:17 pm, azahur <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]>> wrote:
> >     > I am in the process of writing an application which would provision
> >     > user Certificates on to mobile devices. I am completly new to
> Android
> >     > so am not sure where to start.
> >     > What I think needs to happen is this
> >     >
> >     > 1) User connects the phone to the PC (windows OS)
> >     > 2) User opens webpage and selects a certifcate type and device type
> >     > (Andoroid)
> >     > 3)The webpage connects to the CA, gets a user certificate and
> installs
> >     > it on the connected mobile device (android in my case)
> >     >
> >     > I have researched this use case and found API's that do the same
> for
> >     > windows Mobile. Just wondering if similar APIs are available for
> >     > Android and mabye IPhone.
> >     >
> >     > Does anyone know if this kind of functionality is already availble
> by
> >     > other third party software, which could be integrated with my
> >     > application?
> >     >
> >     > Any help would be appreciated
> >
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