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Key.h File Reference

Provides BKey and BPasswordKey classes, as well as BKeyPurpose and BKeyType enums. More...

Classes

class  BKey
 Class that represents a generic key for or from the Haiku key store. More...
 
class  BPasswordKey
 Class that represents a password for or from the Haiku key store. More...
 

Enumerations

enum  BKeyPurpose {
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_ANY ,
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_GENERIC ,
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_KEYRING ,
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_WEB ,
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_NETWORK ,
  B_KEY_PURPOSE_VOLUME
}
 
enum  BKeyType {
  B_KEY_TYPE_ANY ,
  B_KEY_TYPE_GENERIC ,
  B_KEY_TYPE_PASSWORD ,
  B_KEY_TYPE_CERTIFICATE
}
 

Detailed Description

Provides BKey and BPasswordKey classes, as well as BKeyPurpose and BKeyType enums.

See the overview to the Password and Key Storage API for an introduction to the API.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ BKeyPurpose

Enumerator
B_KEY_PURPOSE_ANY 

Query the key store for keys with any purpose.

This constant does not represent a key purpose by itself, but rather is used in querying the key store where you do not know or care about the purpose of key you are looking for.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_PURPOSE_GENERIC 

Generic key purpose.

This type identifies keys that are not for a specific purpose.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_PURPOSE_KEYRING 

Keyring key purpose.

This is a key purpose that is internal to the keystore_server. It represents the internals of a keyring. You cannot directly access and manipulate keys with this purpose. Instead you can use the methods on BKeyStore to access keys within keyrings.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_PURPOSE_WEB 

Web key purpose.

This type refers to keys that are used on the web, such as username and passwords for HTTP authentication, as well as for stored usernames and passwords for form-based authentication.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_PURPOSE_NETWORK 

Network key purpose.

This type refers to keys that are used in the networking stack, such as WEP/WPA keys.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_PURPOSE_VOLUME 

Volume key purpose.

This type refers to keys that are used to lock volumes, like password for encryption.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ BKeyType

enum BKeyType
Enumerator
B_KEY_TYPE_ANY 

Query the key store for keys of any type.

This constant does not represent a key type by itself, but rather is used in querying the key store where you do not know or care about the type of key you are looking for.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_TYPE_GENERIC 

Generic key type.

This constant describes the type of key that does not have any particular content or format. They are represented by the BKey class.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_TYPE_PASSWORD 

The key is a password.

This key type is represented by the BPasswordKey class.

Since
Haiku R1
B_KEY_TYPE_CERTIFICATE 

The key is a certificate. Not in use.

This key type is for future expansion. It is currently not in use.

Since
Haiku R1