Bug 394880

Summary: Use different security strategy for different types of credentials
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kwallet Reporter: Guo Yunhe <i>
Component: generalAssignee: Valentin Rusu <valir>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoernv, kdelibs-bugs, mk.mateng
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Guo Yunhe 2018-05-31 07:38:42 UTC
This is just a suggestion. I am not sure if it is technically possible.

1. For WiFi password, use a weak wallet that doesn't ask for password. (Maybe use the same password as user to unlock it)
2. For Chromium password, email account, use a strong wallet that asks for password.

WiFi password is always a painful thing for using kwallet. Each time I boot my PC I have to type password. (You don't have to do this in any other systems)

By default, all applications use the same default wallet. To protect some important passwords, I have to encrypt the whole wallet with GnuPG key.

Here can be two default wallets: one is named "wallet", use the same plain password as Linux user; the other is named "secret_wallet", require users to specify a different password than Linux user, or use a GnuPG key.
Comment 1 michaelk83 2022-09-06 12:49:18 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 228308 ***