KDE Utils/kwallet

Structure

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

NOTE: kwallet will be replaced by KDE_Utils/ksecretsservice

part	svn	purpose	important classes
Backend	kdebase/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 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

• KDE 4.2 feature plan
• KWallet encryption benchmark

Bugs

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

External references

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