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Provides a basic API for managing private and public authentication credentials
stored in file objects.


Package overview

The GNU Keyring file format is a proposed standard file format for the
long-term storage of cryptographic data, such as private keys and digital
certificates. This format is being designed with the following goals:


   Protection of trusted credentials, through the use of a password-based
   MAC (message authentication code) over these credentials.
   Protection of secret credentials, through the use of a password-based MAC
   over the data, which is encrypted with a strong, password-based cipher.
   Management of disparate types of cryptographic data, such as different
   types of digital certificate.
   Extensibility. It should be possible to extend the file format when new
   requirements arise, without undo breakage of existing applications.
   Compatibility with the JDK. This means that it should be possible to use
   this format as a keystore, so GNU implementations of the Java platform can
   provide the same functionality as the JDK.



The following two diagrams show the important classes participating in this
package. The first one showing the toplevel objects (files) , while the second
shows the classes representinf their contents:





The latest draft copy of the GNU Keyring proposal is available from the
GNU Crypto home page.