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Forum Nokia has published an update to their Testing and Signing with Symbian Platform Security document. The main updates to this document have been pricing information.

The document itself is still fairly new, only have been published about 6 weeks ago. It covers the basics of signing, the Symbian security model, testing the application.

As an example, the lock on a door can be opened with several keys. There is trust between the lock and the key that opens the lock. The door will not open with a wrong key without using force. A crowbar can also be used to open the lock. However, in this case force is used and it cannot be considered a trusted way to open the lock. In some places opening the door in such a way may trigger an alarm. To summarize, trust exists between the lock and the right keys, but not between the lock and the crowbar.

It's even complete with physical metaphors.

Resource information: Testing And Signing With Symbian Platform Security v1.1