Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-16 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Anders Rundgren anders.rundg...@telia.com wrote: On 2012-04-09 12:13, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: http://www.w3.org/2011/11/webcryptography-charter.html BSmith ans RRelyea directed me there also. All fishes go to sea... ;) The really big fishes (Google,

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
So, IIUC, both of you consider using system/os/platform keystore (directly [or hooked]) the best option? -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2012-04-09 10:27, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: So, IIUC, both of you consider using system/os/platform keystore (directly [or hooked]) the best option? IMHO it depends quite a bit on what your target audience is. If you (for example) are working with server-applications you are likely to

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
IMHO it depends quite a bit on what your target audience is. Document signing on a web browser, its *always* done using a java applets. Tax payment, traffic bills, more taxes...in hour case, official documents signed by the ministry autorized people. -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2012-04-09 11:21, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: IMHO it depends quite a bit on what your target audience is. Document signing on a web browser, its *always* done using a java applets. Tax payment, traffic bills, more taxes...in hour case, official documents signed by the ministry

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
http://www.w3.org/2011/11/webcryptography-charter.html BSmith ans RRelyea directed me there also. All fishes go to sea... ;) http://webpki.org/papers/wasp/wasp-tutorial.pdf http://webpki.org/papers/keygen2/sks-keygen2-exec-level-presentation.pdf I think i already read both documents some

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-09 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2012-04-09 12:13, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: http://www.w3.org/2011/11/webcryptography-charter.html BSmith ans RRelyea directed me there also. All fishes go to sea... ;) The really big fishes (Google, Apple, and Microsoft) haven't said a word (in public) about their interest in this. I

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-04 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2012-04-02 21:07, Robert Relyea wrote: On 03/27/2012 01:00 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: Cough, cough...exit(CKR_OK) != return CKR_OK...cough, cough Now cert8 is modified always (with or without our module). Anyway, can someone tell me why cert8 is rewrited on each run/close? Because

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-04 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
IIRC, NSS doesnt have an official mantainer on Mozilla bugs, isnt it? If this happens, its probably the source of many problems here. I have filed a few bugs and most of then arent even checked. To be fair honest, im also guilty of that, but i dont feel confident enough to edit Mozilla source.

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-04 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2012-04-04 13:04, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: IIRC, NSS doesnt have an official mantainer on Mozilla bugs, isnt it? If this happens, its probably the source of many problems here. I have filed a few bugs and most of then arent even checked. To be fair honest, im also guilty of that, but i

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-04 Thread Wan-Teh Chang
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Anders Rundgren anders.rundg...@telia.com wrote: Mozilla should IMO rather hook into the other vendors cryptographic solution, possibly at the expense of NSS. According to a [colleage] of mine Chrome even use the platform's SSL implementation!  Well, not in

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-03 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Thanks for the info. Countdown to sqlite... -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-04-02 Thread Robert Relyea
On 03/27/2012 01:00 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: Cough, cough...exit(CKR_OK) != return CKR_OK...cough, cough Now cert8 is modified always (with or without our module). Anyway, can someone tell me why cert8 is rewrited on each run/close? Because that's how the old berkeley DB works. It's

cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-03-27 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Hi all. Due some problems using Thunderbird ESR, we have found the following, and would like to ask the experts... We have noticed Thunderbird 10.3 (probably older versions too) rewrites cert8.db each time it closes. The file its the same, but the modified date has changed. - Is this normal? -

Re: cert8.db rewrite reasons and exceptions?

2012-03-27 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Cough, cough...exit(CKR_OK) != return CKR_OK...cough, cough Now cert8 is modified always (with or without our module). Anyway, can someone tell me why cert8 is rewrited on each run/close? On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:18 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto helpcry...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Due some