typo in magic file for gnome-keyring (AEL vs. AES)

[Mikko Rantalainen]

Binary package hint: seahorse

I cannot find any information about the encryption algorithm used to protect the stored passwords. The only hint about any real encryption is output of
$ file ~/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring
[...] GNOME keyring, major version 0, minor version 0, crypto type 0 (AEL) [...]

Where is the AEL encryption documented? I guess that this is not just a typo for AES...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: f0bf0101e3df07a87acfbc156f0db03d
CheckboxSystem: b5acb6c9ca4017b1d44043910f45329d
Date: Tue Jan 12 11:42:17 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
Package: seahorse 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.152-rt
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-rt x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

This has been reported to the developers of the software, you can make comments and track the status at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643887

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

This is a typo in the file(1) utility.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Reported as http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=153 upstream

[Mikko Rantalainen (mira)]

Now that "file" has been fixed, how about fixing the seahorse documentation. I have yet to find any mention of actual encryption used. /usr/share/doc/seahorse would be a nice place to start...

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

The typo in file should be fixed in Quantal, but needs backporting to Precise.

The manual problem needs a new bug opened against Seahorse.