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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2_release_notes/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2_release_notes/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e4b56a4f64 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2_release_notes/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_16_2_release_notes: + +NSS 3.16.2 release notes +======================== + +`Introduction <#introduction>`__ +-------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + Network Security Services (NSS) 3.16.2 is a patch release for NSS 3.16. The bug fixes in NSS + 3.16.2 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below. + +.. _distribution_information: + +`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The HG tag is NSS_3_16_2_RTM. NSS 3.16.2 requires NSPR 4.10.6 or newer. + + NSS 3.16.2 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download: + + - Source tarballs: + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_16_2_RTM/src/ + +.. _new_in_nss_3.16.2: + +`New in NSS 3.16.2 <#new_in_nss_3.16.2>`__ +------------------------------------------ + +.. _new_functionality: + +`New Functionality <#new_functionality>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + - DTLS 1.2 is supported. + - The TLS application layer protocol negotiation (ALPN) extension is also supported on the + server side. + - RSA-OEAP is supported. Use the new PK11_PrivDecrypt and PK11_PubEncrypt functions with the + CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP mechanism. + - New Intel AES assembly code for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, contributed by Shay Gueron and Vlad + Krasnov of Intel. + + .. rubric:: New Functions + :name: new_functions + + - *in cert.h* + + - **CERT_AddExtensionByOID** - adds an extension to a certificate. It is the same as + CERT_AddExtension except that the OID is represented by a SECItem instead of a SECOidTag. + + - *in pk11pub.h* + + - **PK11_PrivDecrypt** - decrypts with a private key. The algorithm is specified with a + CK_MECHANISM_TYPE. + - **PK11_PubEncrypt** - encrypts with a public key. The algorithm is specified with a + CK_MECHANISM_TYPE. + + .. rubric:: New Macros + :name: new_macros + + - *in sslerr.h* + + - **SSL_ERROR_NEXT_PROTOCOL_NO_CALLBACK** - An SSL error code that means the next protcol + negotiation extension was enabled, but the callback was cleared prior to being needed. + - **SSL_ERROR_NEXT_PROTOCOL_NO_PROTOCOL** - An SSL error code that means the server supports + no protocols that the client advertises in the ALPN extension. + +.. _notable_changes_in_nss_3.16.2: + +`Notable Changes in NSS 3.16.2 <#notable_changes_in_nss_3.16.2>`__ +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +.. container:: + + - The btoa command has a new command-line option -w *suffix*, which causes the output to be + wrapped in BEGIN/END lines with the given suffix. Use "c" as a shorthand for the suffix + CERTIFICATE. + - The certutil commands supports additionals types of subject alt name extensions: + + - --extSAN *type:name[,type:name]...* + + - The certutil commands supports generic certificate extensions, by loading binary data from + files, which have been prepared using external tools, or which have been extracted and dumped + to file from other existing certificates: + + - --dump-ext-val *OID* + - --extGeneric *OID:critical-flag:filename[,OID:critical-flag:filename]...* + + - The certutil command has three new certificate usage specifiers: + + - L: certificateUsageSSLCA + - A: certificateUsageAnyCA + - Y: certificateUsageVerifyCA + + - The pp command has a new command-line option -u, which means "use UTF-8". The default is to + show a non-ASCII character as ".". + - On Linux, NSS is built with the -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections compiler flags and the + --gc-sections linker flag to allow unused functions to be discarded. + +.. _bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.2: + +`Bugs fixed in NSS 3.16.2 <#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.2>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + This Bugzilla query returns all the bugs fixed in NSS 3.16.2: + + | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&product=NSS&target_milestone=3.16.2
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