> > > For the recall, the port from OpenSSL to Mozilla NSS will: > > > - solve a major distribution isssue: since OpenSSL is licensed > under > > > BSD, some (most) Linux distributions were not able to ship NUT > > > packages with SSL support enabled. NSS being available under 3 > > > licenses, among which the GPL, this will soon be an old story. > > > - NSS is FIPS 140 certified, while OpenSSL is not. For more > > > information on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140 > > > - finally, there is a move in Linux distributions, toward > > > standardizing on NSS everything related to certificate management. > > > That means in the end that Linux distro would be able to provide > > tools > > > (textual and graphical) to manage a central certificates > repository, > > > which means easier tasks for the users. > > > > > > Please join me into welcoming Emilien, and supporting the Eaton > > > Opensource team ^_^ > > > > > > @Michal: I hope you will enjoy ;-) > > > > great news! :) > > > > indeed. > > > > btw, I've seen a Fedora forwarded report (#656440) by a user on > > Alioth' tracker (#312848). > > you should probably forward these directly to speed up the process. > > yes, but I was ill and he was faster :) > > does that mean that RedHat / Fedora are sensible to virus :-p
:) > btw, can you update bugzilla #347771 to point the working branch: > http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/nut/branches/ssl-nss-port/ done > I'll ping you back once we have something that can be tested... > One more question: do you (RH / Fedora) already have UIs for > certificates management (both textual and graphical)? > Or do you know anything that can suit the purpose? >From what I know, there is nothing definite yet, but Mozilla PSM is a candidate. I wanted to ask my coleague who knows more about this whether information on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraCryptoConsolidation#Common_UI_framework is up to date, but he is attending some conference so he's offline right now. Michal _______________________________________________ Nut-upsdev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsdev
