Security/CryptoEngineering

Mission: Use modern cryptography to improve the security and privacy of Firefox

Protect Firefox users on the Internet through up-to-date cryptographic protocols

• Maintain the cryptography and transport security library that powers Firefox, NSS
• Enforce the technical policies of the Mozilla CA Certificate Program
• Lead the adoption of cryptographic technologies to improve security throughout Firefox

Crypto Engineering Projects

Our team's major projects are broken down by module:

NSS

NSS is the cryptography and transport security library that powers Firefox.

PSM

PSM performs the business logic of deciding whether a given secure network connection is actually trustworthy. It applies logic from the user's choices, the Mozilla Root Program, and the platform in order to make a trust determination. E.g., whether to show a connection as secure.

• Intermediate Preloading
• OS-supplied Data at Rest Protections

Web Authentication

See Security/Web Authentication