GNOME Keyring
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GNOME Keyring is a software application designed to store security credentials such as usernames,[1] passwords,[1] and keys, together with a small amount of relevant metadata. The sensitive data is encrypted and stored in a keyring file in the user's home directory. The default keyring uses the login password for encryption, so users don't need to remember yet another password.[2]
As of 2009, GNOME Keyring was part of the desktop environment in the operating system OpenSolaris.[1]
GNOME Keyring is implemented as a daemon and uses the process name gnome-keyring-daemon. Applications can store and request passwords by using the libgnome-keyring library.
GNOME Keyring is part of the GNOME desktop. As of 2006, it integrated with NetworkManager to store WEP passwords.[3] GNOME Web and the email client Geary uses GNOME Keyring to store passwords.[4]
In 2009, a statistical study of software packages in the Red Hat GNU/Linux distribution found that packages depending upon GNOME Keyring (and therefore integrated somewhat with the GNOME desktop environment) were less likely to be associated with software vulnerabilities than those with a dependency upon kdelibs (and therefore integrated somewhat with the KDE desktop environment).[5]
On systems where GNOME Keyring is present, software written in Vala can use it to store and retrieve passwords.[6]
GNOME Keyring Manager
The GNOME Keyring Manager (gnome-keyring-manager) was a user interface for the GNOME Keyring. As of GNOME 2.22, it is deprecated and replaced entirely with Seahorse.[7]
See also
- KWallet, the KDE equivalent
- Apple Keychain
- NetworkManager
- Seahorse (software)
- Linux on the desktop
- List of password managers
- Password manager
- Cryptography
References
- ^ a b c Foxwell, Harry; Tran, Hung (2009). Pro OpenSolaris: A New Open Source OS for Linux Developers and Administrators. Apress. p. 54.
- ^ "'gnome-keyring' tag wiki - Ask Ubuntu". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Oxer, Jonathan; Rankin, Kyle; Childers, Bill (2006). Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux. O'Reilly Media. p. 161.
- ^ Jain, Manish (2018). Beginning Modern Unix: Learn to Live Comfortably in a Modern Unix Environment. Apress. p. 186.
- ^ Neuhaus, Stephan; Zimmermann, Thomas (2009). "The Beauty and the Beast: Vulnerabilities in Red Hat's Packages". USENIX.
- ^ Anwari, Mohammad (2013). Gnome 3 Application Development Beginner's Guide. Packt Publishing Ltd.
- ^ "GNOME 2.22 Release Notes".
External links
- GNOME Keyring Wikipage on wiki.gnome.org
- GNOME Keyring git on git.gnome.org
- Gnome Keyring Security Philosophy
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