On 2012-12-17, at 05:34, Damien Cassou <damien.cassou@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek@gmail.com> wrote:
what is the reason for integration of KeyChain/UsersManager to the image? It created the next kernel dependency. Should it replace Author? Should it be in the Pharo Kernel? And why there was no mention about it in this mailing list before? ;-)
I'm not sure what is KeyChain, but the name sounds familiar and makes the package very important as it might solve a critical problem:
- how do you store Monticello/webservices/any application's passwords safely?
To me KeyChain should provide an API to store and access any kind of credentials. This API could then delegate to the O.S. one.
AFIK this is what Ben intended to do. A general API to store and retreive Passwords with various backends (plaintext, secure, native...)