Projects/Utils/kwallet: Difference between revisions

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* [[Projects/Utils/kwallet/FeaturePlan42|KDE 4.2 feature plan]]
* [[Projects/Utils/kwallet/FeaturePlan42|KDE 4.2 feature plan]]
* [[Projects/Utils/kwallet/Benchmark|KWallet encryption benchmark]]


== External references ==
== External references ==


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

Revision as of 09:05, 3 June 2008

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

Work

External references