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+.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_16_1_release_notes:
+
+NSS 3.16.1 release notes
+========================
+
+`Introduction <#introduction>`__
+--------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ Network Security Services (NSS) 3.16.1 is a patch release for NSS 3.16. The bug fixes in NSS
+ 3.16.1 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below.
+
+.. _distribution_information:
+
+`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ The HG tag is NSS_3_16_1_RTM. NSS 3.16.1 requires NSPR 4.10.5 or newer.
+
+ NSS 3.16.1 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_1_RTM/src/
+
+.. _new_in_nss_3.16.1:
+
+`New in NSS 3.16.1 <#new_in_nss_3.16.1>`__
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. _new_functionality:
+
+`New Functionality <#new_functionality>`__
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. container::
+
+ - Added the "ECC" flag for modutil to select the module used for elliptic curve cryptography
+ (ECC) operations.
+
+ .. rubric:: New Functions
+ :name: new_functions
+
+ - *in pk11pub.h*
+
+ - **PK11_ExportDERPrivateKeyInfo and PK11_ExportPrivKeyInfo** - exports a private key in a
+ DER-encoded ASN.1 PrivateKeyInfo type or a SECKEYPrivateKeyInfo structure. Only RSA private
+ keys are supported now.
+
+ - *in secmod.h*
+
+ - **SECMOD_InternalToPubMechFlags** - converts from NSS-internal to public representation of
+ mechanism flags.
+
+ .. rubric:: New Types
+ :name: new_types
+
+ - *in sslt.h*
+
+ - **ssl_padding_xtn** - the value of this enum constant changed from the experimental value
+ 35655 to the IANA-assigned value 21. .
+
+ .. rubric:: New Macros
+ :name: new_macros
+
+ - *in secmod.h*
+
+ - **PUBLIC_MECH_ECC_FLAG** - a public mechanism flag for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
+ operations.
+
+ - *in utilmodt.h*
+
+ - **SECMOD_ECC_FLAG** - an NSS-internal mechanism flag for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)
+ operations. This macro has the same numeric value as **PUBLIC_MECH_ECC_FLAG.**
+
+.. _notable_changes_in_nss_3.16.1:
+
+`Notable Changes in NSS 3.16.1 <#notable_changes_in_nss_3.16.1>`__
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ - Imposed `name constraints <https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/742307da0792>`__ on the
+ French government root CA ANSSI (DCISS).
+
+.. _bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.1:
+
+`Bugs fixed in NSS 3.16.1 <#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.1>`__
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. container::
+
+ This Bugzilla query returns all the bugs fixed in NSS 3.16.1:
+
+ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&product=NSS&target_milestone=3.16.1 \ No newline at end of file