[Pkg-owncloud-commits] [qtkeychain] 40/115: Rewrite README some more.

Sandro Knauß hefee-guest at moszumanska.debian.org
Sat Mar 15 19:25:44 UTC 2014


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commit bab1673bb572841eea9a89fea4602fe66481387d
Author: Frank Osterfeld <frank.osterfeld at kdab.com>
Date:   Wed May 9 19:47:50 2012 +0200

    Rewrite README some more.
---
 ReadMe.txt | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ReadMe.txt b/ReadMe.txt
index fcd10f7..b6388f2 100644
--- a/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/ReadMe.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 QtKeychain
 ==========
 
-QtKeychain is a Qt API to securely write and read passwords. The passwords are stored in the platform's keychain service.
-In case there is no such service available, QtKeychain will report an error. It will not store any data unencrypted.
-
-Currently, the following platforms are supported:
+QtKeychain is a Qt API to store passwords and other secret data securely. How the data is stored depends on the platform:
 
  * **Mac OS X:** Passwords are stored in the OS X Keychain.
 
@@ -14,4 +11,6 @@ Support for the GNOME Keyring via freedesktop.org's
 
  * **Windows:** Windows does not provide a service for secure storage. QtKeychain uses the Windows API function [CryptProtectData](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380261%28v=vs.85%29.aspx "CryptProtectData function") to encrypt the password with the user's logon credentials. The encrypted data is then persisted via QSettings.
 
+In unsupported environments QtKeychain will report an error. It will never store any data unencrypted.
+
 **License:** QtKeychain is available under the [Modified BSD License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD). See the file COPYING for details.

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