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Android Application Security Essentials

By : Pragati Rai
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Android Application Security Essentials

By: Pragati Rai

Overview of this book

In today's techno-savvy world, more and more parts of our lives are going digital, and all this information is accessible anytime and anywhere using mobile devices. It is of the utmost importance that you understand and implement security in your apps that will reduce the likelihood of hazards that will wreck your users' experience. "Android Application Security Essentials" takes a deep look into Android security from kernel to the application level, with practical hands-on examples, illustrations, and everyday use cases. This book will show you how to overcome the challenge of getting the security of your applications right. "Android Application Security Essentials" will show you how to secure your Android applications and data. It will equip you with tricks and tips that will come in handy as you develop your applications.We will start by learning the overall security architecture of the Android stack. Securing components with permissions, defining security in a manifest file, cryptographic algorithms and protocols on the Android stack, secure storage, security focused testing, and protecting enterprise data on your device is then also discussed in detail. You will also learn how to be security-aware when integrating newer technologies like NFC and mobile payments into your Android applications. At the end of this book, you will understand Android security at the system level all the way to the nitty-gritty details of application security for securing your Android applications.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Android Application Security Essentials
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Digital rights management


Digital rights management (DRM) is access control technology for digital content such as music, ebooks, applications, video, and movies. Access control is based on a rights object associated with content. This rights object contains rules that limit the use, distribution, and duplication of content. DRM schemes such as OMA DRM v1 and OMA DRM v2 are developed by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) but many device manufacturers have their proprietary DRM schemes as well.

A DRM system contains the following components:

  • Content server: This is the server from where the device pulls the media content.

  • Rights server: The server from where the device pulls in the rights object. The rights object is usually an XML file with permissions and constraints associated with the content.

  • DRM agent: The agent lives within the device and is the trusted body that associates content and rights and enforcement of rights and permissions on content.

  • Storage device: This is the device where the content...