Elio,

Thanks for responding.

IBM Notes reports that the path is invalid.  Is there a requirement that
softokn3.chk be in the current working directory?

-Kyle H


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Elio Maldonado Batiz <
elio.maldonado.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kyle,
>
> nss3.dll is a not PKCS #11 module as it has no crypto, softokn3.ddl (.so)
> and freebl3.sll (.so) do. softoken is nss's own internal PKCS #11
> cryptographic module which nss loads just like any other pkcs #11 module,
> software or hardware based.
>
> Good starter documents are
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS_reference and
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS#Background_Information
> and https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_API_GUIDELINES has a
> layering diagram
>
> -Elio
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Kyle Hamilton <aerow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm finding myself in a situation where I need to use the certificates
> and
> > keys stored in my standard NSS profile in other applications.
> >
> > My initial, naïve idea was that NSS itself is a PKCS#11 module.
> > Unfortunately, this appears to be not the case.  When trying to find the
> > right DLL to load into IBM Notes I found that nssckbi.dll is recognized
> as
> > a valid PKCS#11 module, but nss3.dll is not.  (Neither are nssdbm3 or
> > nssutil.)
> >
> > Is there any plan to export the NSS softoken functionality as an actual
> > full PKCS#11 token?  Or is it intended never to actually operate as such?
> >
> > -Kyle H
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