KDE Utils/kwallet

Structure

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

Note

It may happen that some day KWallet will be replaced by ksecretsservice

part	svn	purpose	important classes
Backend	kde-runtime/kwalletd/backend/	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	kdebase/runtime/kwalletd	the actual kwalletd, currently a module to kded accepting client requests using D-Bus. This part also has some GUI e.g. 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

• KDE 4.2 feature plan
• KWallet encryption benchmark

Bugs

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