Secret Storage

The Secrets API allows client applications to store secrets securely using a service running in the user's login session.

Drafting Process

This API is currently being drafted in cooperation by the GNOME Keyring and the KDE Wallet developers. Everyone's welcome to join the discussion and drafting process on our mailinglist.

Mailinglist

Discussion of this specification should occur on the Authentication mailing list.

GIT

The specifiation draft is currently hosted on a Gitorious branch of the xdg-specs repository: xdg-secrets-api branch.

Spec

                 * Version 0.1 Working Draft - <a href="http://code.confuego.org/secrets-xdg-specs/">html (multiple pages)</a>, <a href="http://www.gnome.org/~stefw/secrets/org.freedesktop.Secrets.xml">xml (D-BUS Introspection)</a>