FIPS Module Specification: Difference between revisions

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 ===Module Components===
-NSS is a software cryptographic implementation. No hardware or firmware components are include. All input to the module is via function argument; all output is returned to the caller either as return codes or as updated memory objects pointers to which constitute some of the arguments.
+NSS is a software cryptographic implementation. No hardware or firmware components are included. All input to the module is via function argument; all output is returned to the caller either as return codes or as updated memory objects pointers to which constitute some of the arguments.
+{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
+|+
+|-
+!
+Cryptographic
+Module
+!
+Library
+Name
+|-
+| CRMF || libnss3
+|-
+| S/MIME || libsmime3
+|-
+| Certificate<br>Management || libnss3
+|-
+| SSL || libssl3
+|-
+| JAR || libjar
+|-
+| PKCS #5 || lib?
+|-
+| PKCS #11 || libsoftokn3
+|-
+| FREEBL || libfreebl3* (one is selected at run time)
+|-
+| PKCS #12 || libpkcs12
+|-
+|}
+Filename extensions depend upon the target operating environment. For some CPUs libfreebl is distributed in more than one variant. The optimal version is selected at run time.
 ===The Cryptographic Boundary===