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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<title>Stan Design - Work In Progress</title>
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<br>
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This is a working document for progress on Stan design/development.<br>
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<br>
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Current <a href="#build">build</a>
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and <a href="#test">test</a>
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instructions.<br>
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<br>
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The current set of Stan libraries.<br>
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<a href="#asn1">asn1</a>
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<a href="#base">base</a>
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<a href="#ckfw">ckfw</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#dev">dev</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#pki">pki</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#pki1">pki1</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#pkix">pkix</a>
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<br>
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"Public" types below (those available to consumers of
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NSS) begin with "NSS". "Protected" types (those only available
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within NSS) begin with "nss".<br>
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<br>
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Open issues appears as numbered indents.<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="asn1"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/asn1/">
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ASN.1</a>
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</h3>
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ASN.1 encoder/decoder wrapping around the current
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ASN.1 implementation.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSASN1EncodingType"> NSSASN1EncodingType</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1Item">nssASN1Item</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1Template">nssASN1Template</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1ChooseTemplateFunction">
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nssASN1ChooseTemplateFunction</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1Encoder">nssASN1Encoder</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1Decoder">nssASN1Decoder</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1EncodingPart"> nssASN1EncodingPart</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1NotifyFunction">
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nssASN1NotifyFunction</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1EncoderWriteFunction">
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nssASN1EncoderWriteFunction</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssASN1DecoderFilterFunction">
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nssASN1DecoderFilterFunction</a>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left">
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<h3><a name="base"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/base/">
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Base</a>
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</h3>
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Set of base utilities for Stan implementation.
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These are all fairly straightforward, except for nssPointerTracker.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSError">NSSError</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSArena">NSSArena</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSItem">NSSItem</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSBER">NSSBER</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSDER">NSSDER</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSBitString">NSSBitString</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSUTF8">NSSUTF8</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSASCII7">NSSASCII7</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssArenaMark">nssArenaMark</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssPointerTracker">nssPointerTracker</a>
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This is intended for debug builds only.<br>
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<ol>
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<li>Ignored for now.<br>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssStringType">nssStringType</a>
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<br>
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Suggested additions:<br>
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<ol>
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<li>nssList - A list that optionally uses a lock. This list would
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manage the currently loaded modules in a trust domain, etc.</li>
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<ul>
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<li>SECMODListLock kept track of the number of waiting threads. Will
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this be needed in the trust domain?</li>
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</ul>
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</ol>
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<br>
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<h3><a name="ckfw"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/ckfw/">
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CKFW</a>
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</h3>
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The cryptoki framework, used for building cryptoki tokens.
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This needs to be described in a separate document showing how
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to set up a token using CKFW. This code only relates to tokens,
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so it is not relevant here.<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left">
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<h3><a name="dev"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/dev/">
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Device</a>
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</h3>
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Defines cryptoki devices used in NSS. This
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is not part of the exposed API. It is a low-level API allowing
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NSS to manage cryptoki devices.<br>
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<br>
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The relationship is like this:<br>
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<br>
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libpki --> libdev --> cryptoki<br>
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<br>
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As an example,<br>
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<br>
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NSSTrustDomain_FindCertificate --> NSSToken_FindCertificate -->
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C_FindObjects<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSModule">NSSModule</a>
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Replaces the SECMOD API. The module manages a
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PRLibrary that holds a cryptoki implementation via a number of slots.
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The API should provide the ability to Load and Unload a module,
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Login and Logout to the module (through its slots), and to locate a
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particular slot/token.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSSlot">NSSSlot</a>
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<br>
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This and NSSToken combine to replace the PK11 API parts
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that relate to slot and token management. The slot API should
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provide the ability to Login/Logout to a slot, check the login status,
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determine basic configuration information about the slot, and modify
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the password settings.<br>
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<ol>
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<li>Should slots also maintain a default session? This session would
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be used for slot management calls (sections 9.5 and9.6 of PKCS#11). Or
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is the token session sufficient (this would not work if C_GetTokenInfo and
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C_InitToken need to be wrapped in a threadsafe session).<br>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSToken">NSSToken</a>
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<br>
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Fills in the gaps left by NSSSlot. Much of the
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cryptoki API is directed towards slots. However, some functionality
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clearly belongs with a token type. For example, a certificate
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lives on a token, not a slot, so one would expect a function NSSToken_FindCertificate.
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Thus functions that deal with importing/exporting an object
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and performing actual cryptographic operations belong here.<br>
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<ol>
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<li>The distinction between a slot and a token is not clear. Most
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functions take a slotID as an argument, even though it is obvious that
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the event is intended to occur on a token. That leaves various
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possibilities:</li>
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<ol>
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<li>Implement the API entirely as NSSToken. If the token is not
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present, some calls will simply fail.</li>
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<li>Divide the API between NSSToken and NSSSlot, as described above.
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NSSSlot would handle cryptoki calls specified as "slot management",
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while NSSToken handles actual token operations.</li>
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<li>Others?</li>
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</ol>
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<li>Session management. Tokens needs a threadsafe session handle
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to perform operations. CryptoContexts are meant to provide such sessions,
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but other objects will need access to token functions as well (examples:
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the TrustDomain_Find functions, _Login, _Logout, and others that do not exist
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such as NSSToken_ChangePassword). For those functions, the token could
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maintain a default session. Thus all NSSToken API functions would take
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sessionOpt as an argument. If the caller is going to provide a session,
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it sends an NSSSession there, otherwise it sends NULL and the default session
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is utilized.<br>
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</li>
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</ol>
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Proposed:<br>
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NSSSession<br>
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Wraps a Cryptoki session. Created from a slot. Used to manage
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sessions for crypto contexts. Has a lock field, which locks the session
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if the slot is not threadsafe.<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="pki"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/pki/">
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PKI</a>
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</h3>
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The NSS PKI library.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSCertificate">NSS</a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSCertificate">Certificate</a>
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<br>
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<ol>
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<li>The API leaves open the possibility of NSSCertificate meaning various
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certificate types, not just X.509. The way to keep open this possibility
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is to keep only generally useful information in the NSSCertificate type.
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Examples would be the certificate encoding, label, trust (obtained
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from cryptoki calls), an email address, etc. Some type of generic
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reference should be kept to the decoded certificate, which would then be
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accessed by a type-specific API (e.g., NSSX509_GetSubjectName).</li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSUserCertificate">NSSUserCertificate</a>
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<br>
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<ol>
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<li>Should this be a typedef of NSSCertificate? This implies that
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any function that requires an NSSUserCertificate would fail when called
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with a certificate lacking a private key. </li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSPrivateKey">NSSPrivateKey</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSPublicKey">NSSPublicKey</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSSymmetricKey">NSSSymmetricKey</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSTrustDomain">NSSTrustDomain</a>
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<br>
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A trust domain is "the field in which certificates may
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be validated." It is a collection of modules capable of performing
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cryptographic operations and storing certs and keys. This collection
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is managed by NSS in a manner opaque to the consumer. The slots
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will have various orderings determining which has preference for a
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given operation. For example, the trust domain may order the storage
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of user certificates one way, and the storage of email certificates in
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another way [is that a good example?].<br>
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<br>
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<ol>
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<li> How will ordering work? We already have the suggestion
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that there be two kinds of ordering: storage and search. How
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will they be constructed/managed? Do we want to expose access
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to a token that overrides this ordering (i.e., the download of updated
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root certs may need to override storage order)</li>
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<li>How are certs cached? Nelson wonders what it means to Stan
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when a cert does not live on a token yet. Bob, Terry, and I discussed
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this. My conclusion is that there should be a type, separate
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from NSSCertificate, that holds the decoded cert parts (e.g., NSSX509Certificate,
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or to avoid confusion, NSSX509DecodedParts). NSSCertificate would
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keep a handle to this type, so that it only needs to decode the cert
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once. The NSSTrustDomain would keep a hash table of cached certs,
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some of which may not live on a token yet (i.e., they are only NSSX509DecodedParts).
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This cache could be accessed in the same way the temp db was,
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and when the cert is ready to be moved onto a token a call to NSSTrustDomain_ImportCertificate
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is made. Note that this is essentially the same as CERT_TempCertToPerm.</li>
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<ul>
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<li>The hashtable in lib/base (copied from ckfw/hash.c) uses the identity
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hash. Therefore, in a hash of certificates, the key is the certificate
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pointer itself. One possibility is to store the decoded cert (NSSX509DecodedParts
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above) as the value in the {key, value} pair. When a cert is decoded,
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the cert pointer and decoding pointer are added to the hash. Subsequent
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lookups have access to one or both of these pointers. This keeps NSSCertificate
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separate from its decoding, while providing a way to locate it.</li>
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</ul>
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<li>The API is designed to keep token details hidden from the user. However,
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it has already been realized that PSM and CMS may need special access to
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tokens. Is this part of the TrustDomain API, or should PSM and CMS
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be allowed to use "friend" headers from the Token API?</li>
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<li>Do we want to allow traversal via NSSTrustDomain_TraverseXXXX?<br>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSCryptoContext"><br>
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NSSCryptoContext</a>
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<br>
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Analgous to a Cryptoki session. Manages session objects only.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSTime">NSSTime</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSUsage">NSSUsage</a>
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<br>
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<ol>
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<li> See Fred's <a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/pki/nsspkit.h#187">
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comments</a>
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.</li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSPolicies">NSSPolicies</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSAlgorithmAndParameters">
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NSSAlgorithmAndParameters</a>
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<br>
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<ol>
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<li> Again, Fred's <a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/pki/nsspkit.h#215">
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comments</a>
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. The old NSS code had various types related to algorithms
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running around in it. We had SECOidTag, SECAlgorithmID, SECItem's
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for parameters, CK_MECHANISM for cryptoki, etc. This type should
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be able to encapsulate all of those.</li>
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</ol>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSCallback">NSSCallback</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSOperations">NSSOperations</a>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2"><br>
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<br>
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A diagram to suggest a possible TrustDomain architecture.<br>
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<br>
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<img src="./standiag.png" alt="Trust Domain Diagram" width="748" height="367">
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="pki1"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/pki1/">
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PKI1</a>
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</h3>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSOID">NSSOID</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSATAV">NSSATAV</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSRDN">NSSRDN</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSRDNSeq">NSSRDNSeq</a>
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<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=NSSName">NSSName</a>
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<br>
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NSSNameChoice<br>
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NSSGeneralName<br>
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NSSGeneralNameChoice<br>
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NSSOtherName<br>
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NSSRFC822Name<br>
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NSSDNSName<br>
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NSSX400Address<br>
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NSSEdiParityAddress<br>
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NSSURI<br>
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NSSIPAddress<br>
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NSSRegisteredID<br>
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NSSGeneralNameSeq<br>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/ident?i=nssAttributeTypeAliasTable">
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nssAttributeTypeAliasTable</a>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="pkix"></a>
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<a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/pkix/">
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PKIX </a>
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</h3>
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There is a plethora of PKIX related types here.<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="build"></a>
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Building Stan</h3>
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<br>
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From nss/lib, run "make BUILD_STAN=1"<br>
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<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2" align="Left"><br>
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<h3><a name="test"></a>
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Testing Stan</h3>
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A new command line tool, pkiutil, has been created to use only
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the Stan API. It depends on a new library, cmdlib, meant to replace
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the old secutil library. The old library had code used by products
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that needed to be integrated into the main library codebase somehow. The
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goal of the new cmdlib is to have functionality needed strictly for NSS
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tools.<br>
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<br>
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How to build:<br>
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<ol>
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<li>cd nss/cmd/cmdlib; make</li>
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<li>cd ../pkiutil; make</li>
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</ol>
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pkiutil will give detailed help with either "pkiutil -?" or "pkiutil
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--help".<br>
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<br>
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So far, the only available test is to list certs on the builtins token.
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Copy "libnssckbi.so" (or whatever it is) to cmd/pkiutil. Then
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run "pkiutil -L" or "pkiutil --list". The list of certificate nicknames
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should be displayed.<br>
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<br>
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