Initial Notes

Building and installing NSS

Building and installing NSS

Overview of an NSS application

Based on "Overview of an SSL Application" in the SSL Reference.

Getting started with NSS

Based on "Getting Started With SSL" in the SSL Reference.

Data types

Based on "Selected SSL Types and Structures" in the SSL Reference.

NSS initialization and shutdown

Utility functions

Based on "Utility Functions" in NSS Public Functions.

Certificate functions

Based on Certificate Functions in the SSL Reference and "Certificate Functions" in NSS Public Functions.

Key functions

Key Functions

Digital signatures

This API consists of the routines used to perform signature generation and the routines used to perform signature verification.

Encryption/decryption

Hashing

Key generation

Generate keys, key pairs, and domain parameters.

Random number generation

This API consists of the two routines used for pseudorandom number generation -- PK11_GenerateRandomOnSlot and PK11_GenerateRandom -- and the two routines used for seeding pseudorandom number generation -- PK11_SeedRandom and PK11_RandomUpdate.

PKCS #11 functions

Based on PKCS #11 Functions in the SSL Reference and "Crypto Functions" in NSS Public Functions.

SSL Functions

Based on "SSL Functions" in the SSL Reference and "SSL Functions" and "Deprecated SSL Functions" in NSS Public Functions.

S/MIME

Based on the S/MIME Reference (which only has one written chapter) and "S/MIME Functions" in NSS Public Functions.

PKCS #7 functions

Based on "Archived PKCS #7 Functions documentation."

PKCS #5 functions

Password-based encryption

PKCS #12 functions

Based on "Archived PKCS #12 Functions documentation." Used to exchange data such as private keys and certificates between two parties.

NSPR functions

A small number of NSPR functions are required for using the certificate verification and SSL functions in NSS.  These functions are listed in this section.

Error codes

Based on "NSS and SSL Error Codes" in the SSL Reference.

NSS Environment variables

NSS Environment variables

NSS cryptographic module

NSS cryptographic module

NSS Tech Notes

NSS Tech Notes NSS Memory allocation

Tools

Based on NSS Tools documentation.

Based on NSS Tools Man Pages : work in progress