Contents 1 Structure 2 Work 3 Bugs 4 External references

[edit] Structure

kwallet is actually not a single program but consists of several parts scattered across all of the kde modules.

part	svn	purpose	important classes
Backend	kdelibs/kwallet	reading/writing kwl files and encryption	KWallet::Backend, KWallet::Entry
UI components	kdelibs/kdeui/util	provides the client API for kwallet, mostly dbus client stubs	KWallet::Wallet
kwalletd	kdelibs/kio/misc/kwalletd	the actual kwalletd, currently a module to kded accepting client requests using dbus. This part also has some GUI eg. for authenticating a user.	KWalletD, KWalletWizard, KTimeout
kwalletmanager	kdeutils/kwallet	The application the user uses for managing the wallets and the password entries.	none

[edit] Work

• KDE 4.2 feature plan
• KWallet encryption benchmark

[edit] Bugs

• Open bugs in kwalletmanager
• Open bugs in kdelibs/kwallet

[edit] External references

• http://www.staikos.net/~staikos/papers/2003