Gnome Keyring Certificates and Encryption Keys

Note: This is a work in progress, and things may change. More documentation is on its way as things progress.

Note: This is only present in gnome-keyring versions 2.21.3 and later.

Storage Paths

The following paths are searched for encryption keys and certificate files.

• ~/.ssh/id_?sa
• ~/.gnome2/keystore/*

Most standard file formats for keys and certificates are supported.

Supported Crypto Mechanisms

• DSA: sign/verify
• RSA: encrypt/decrypt sign/verify