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NSS libPKIX Brainstorming: Difference between revisions
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*NSS internal libraries such as libSSL and libSMIME that utilize NSS chain building and validation features will need to be modified in order to leverage new functionalities provided by libPKIX. These changes are related to propagating policy parameters for certificate chain building/validation API from user application to NSS libraries and back. There are also open questions regarding changes in chain building process(See "Open Questions" 1-3) answers to that will result in NSS libraries modifications.(See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324867 bug 324867] for a particular change that libSSL will require) | *NSS internal libraries such as libSSL and libSMIME that utilize NSS chain building and validation features will need to be modified in order to leverage new functionalities provided by libPKIX. These changes are related to propagating policy parameters for certificate chain building/validation API from user application to NSS libraries and back. There are also open questions regarding changes in chain building process(See "Open Questions" 1-3) answers to that will result in NSS libraries modifications.(See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324867 bug 324867] for a particular change that libSSL will require) | ||
*After all of above items are done, we will not be able to say that libPKIX NSS is fully integrated in NSS. There are number of features that PKIX/NSS/NSPR still lacks. Here is the list of bugs: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype= | *After all of above items are done, we will not be able to say that libPKIX NSS is fully integrated in NSS. There are number of features that PKIX/NSS/NSPR still lacks. Here is the list of bugs: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Components&product=NSS&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=PKIX&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= pkix bug list] | ||
**Bugs/features need to be reviewed and the target release should be assign for the ones that will hold 3.12 release. | **Bugs/features need to be reviewed and the target release should be assign for the ones that will hold 3.12 release. | ||
**Fix bugs that have 3.12 as the target release. | **Fix bugs that have 3.12 as the target release. | ||