<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
designed	O
to	O
store	O
security	O
credentials	O
such	O
as	O
usernames	O
,	O
passwords	O
,	O
and	O
keys	B-Application
,	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
relevant	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sensitive	O
data	O
is	O
encrypted	O
and	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
keyring	O
file	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
home	B-Application
directory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
in	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
and	O
uses	O
the	O
process	B-Operating_System
name	O
gnome-keyring-daemon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
libsecret	O
library	B-Library
which	O
replaces	O
the	O
deprecated	O
libgnome-keyring	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
integrated	O
with	O
NetworkManager	B-Protocol
to	O
store	O
WEP	B-Protocol
passwords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Web	I-Language
and	O
the	O
email	O
client	O
Geary	B-Language
uses	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
to	O
store	O
passwords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
statistical	O
study	O
of	O
software	O
packages	O
in	O
the	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Linux	O
distribution	O
found	O
that	O
packages	O
depending	O
upon	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
(	O
and	O
therefore	O
integrated	O
somewhat	O
with	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
)	O
were	O
less	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
software	O
vulnerabilities	O
than	O
those	O
with	O
a	O
dependency	O
upon	O
kdelibs	O
(	O
and	O
therefore	O
integrated	O
somewhat	O
with	O
the	O
KDE	O
desktop	O
environment	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
systems	O
where	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
is	O
present	O
,	O
software	O
written	O
in	O
Vala	B-Language
can	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
store	O
and	O
retrieve	O
passwords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
gnome-keyring-manager	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.22	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
deprecated	O
and	O
replaced	O
entirely	O
with	O
Seahorse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
