FIPS Module Specification: Difference between revisions

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<b>Note</b>: Filename extensions depend upon the target operating environment. For some CPUs libfreebl3 is distributed in more than one variant. The optimal version is selected at run time.
<b>Note</b>: Filename extensions depend upon the target operating environment. For some CPUs libfreebl3 is distributed in more than one variant. The optimal version is selected at run time.


The database code (Berkeley DB 1.85) of the NSS module is excluded from the security requirements of FIPS 140-2 because security relevant information such as secret and private keys is always encrypted before being stored in the database.
The database code of the NSS module (Berkeley DB 1.85, in mozilla/dbm and mozilla/security/nss/lib/softoken/dbmshim.c) is excluded from the security requirements of FIPS 140-2 because security relevant information such as secret and private keys is always encrypted before being stored in the database.


The NSS module depends on the following libraries outside the cryptographic boundary.
The NSS module depends on the following libraries outside the cryptographic boundary.
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