SSL/TLS are available to all applications through the BSD sockets API and the port file API (using TCPIPNATIVESERVICE).

Both the port file API and the BSD Sockets API are described in the Security Software Developers Kit (SDK), along with examples. Also, the BSD Socket interface is documented in the MCP Sockets Service Programming Guide. The additional file attributes that allow a user to use SSL/TLS through the port file API are documented in the File Attributes Programming Reference Manual.

Sample programs that use these SSL/TLS APIs are included as part of the Security Software Developers Kit (SDK).