[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#806500: Bug#806500: Bug#884652: quassel-client: connection password stored in plan Ascii in a chmod 644 file

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 12/18/2017 11:33 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> On maandag 18 december 2017 23:27:54 CET Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>> Storing the password in the KDE wallet manager would mean that the
>> password could only be retrieved when the wallet is open.
> 
> Problem with that is that it creates a dependency on KDE, while quassel only
> needs QT
> 

Another option would be to GPG encrypt the password and ask for the GPK 
private key password when the application is opened. Essentially that is 
what Kwallet does internally.

Best regards

Heinrich