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It currently is very deprecated and likely incorrect or broken in many places.</p> </div> <div class="docutils container"> <p><strong>Network Security Services</strong> (<strong>NSS</strong>) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards.</p> <p>NSS is available under the Mozilla Public License v2 (MPLv2).</p> <p>If you’re a developer and would like to contribute to NSS, you might want to read the documents:</p> <p class="rubric" id="getting-started">Getting Started</p> <dl class="simple"> <dt> <a class="reference internal" href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/security/nss/build.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#mozilla-projects-nss-building"><span class="std std-ref">Building NSS</span></a> </dt> <dd> <p>This page contains information how to download, build and test NSS.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference internal" href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/security/nss/releases/index.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#mozilla-projects-nss-releases"><span class="std std-ref">Releases</span></a> </dt> <dd> <p>This page contains information about recent releases of NSS.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_releases</span> </dt> <dd> <p>This page contains information about older releases of NSS.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference internal" href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/security/nss/community.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#mozilla-projects-nss-community"><span class="std std-ref">Community</span></a> </dt> <dd> <p>This page contains information about the community and how to reach out.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="admonition-title">Warning</p> <p>References below this point are part of the deprecated documentation and will be ported in the future. You can contribute to refreshing this documentation by submitting changes directly in the NSS repository (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nss/doc/rst</span></code>).</p> <p class="rubric" id="nss-apis">NSS APIs</p> <dl class="simple"> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_introduction_to_network_security_services</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Provides an overview of the NSS libraries and what you need to know to use them.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_ssl_functions</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Summarizes the SSL APIs exported by the NSS shared libraries.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_reference</span> </dt> <dd> <p>API used to invoke SSL operations.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_api_guidelines</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Explains how the libraries and code are organized, and guidelines for developing code (naming conventions, error handling, thread safety, etc.)</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_tech_notes</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Links to NSS technical notes, which provide latest information about new NSS features and supplementary documentation for advanced topics in programming with NSS.</p> </dd> </dl> <p class="rubric" id="tools-testing-and-other-technical-details">Tools, testing, and other technical details</p> <dl class="simple"> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_developer_tutorial</span> </dt> <dd> <p>How to make changes in NSS. Coding style, maintaining ABI compatibility.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_tools</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Tools for developing, debugging, and managing applications that use NSS.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_sample_code</span> </dt> <dd> <p>Demonstrates how NSS can be used for cryptographic operations, certificate handling, SSL, etc.</p> </dd> <dt> <span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_nss_third-party_code</span> </dt> <dd> <p>A list of third-party code included in the NSS library.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/testnss_32.html">NSS 3.2 Test Suite</a> </dt> <dd> <p><strong>Archived version.</strong> Describes how to run the standard NSS tests.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/performance_reports.html">NSS Performance Reports</a> </dt> <dd> <p><strong>Archived version.</strong> Links to performance reports for NSS 3.2 and later releases.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/nss-3.11/nss-3.11-algorithms.html">Encryption Technologies Available in NSS 3.11</a> </dt> <dd> <p><strong>Archived version.</strong> Lists the cryptographic algorithms used by NSS 3.11.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/loadable_certs.html">NSS 3.1 Loadable Root Certificates</a> </dt> <dd> <p><strong>Archived version.</strong> Describes the scheme for loading root CA certificates.</p> </dd> <dt> <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/db_formats.html">cert7.db</a> </dt> <dd> <p><strong>Archived version.</strong> General format of the cert7.db database.</p> </dd> </dl> <p class="rubric" id="pkcs-11-information">PKCS #11 information</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_pkcs11</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_pkcs11_implement</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_pkcs11_module_specs</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_pkcs11_faq</span></p></li> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/PKCS11_Jar_Install">Using the JAR Installation Manager to Install a PKCS #11 Cryptographic Module</a></p></li> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/pkcs11/">PKCS #11 Conformance Testing - Archived version</a></p></li> </ul> <p class="rubric" id="ca-certificates-pre-loaded-into-nss">CA certificates pre-loaded into NSS</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy/">Mozilla CA certificate policy</a></p></li> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA/Included_Certificates">List of pre-loaded CA certificates</a></p> <ul> <li><p>Consumers of this list must consider the trust bit setting for each included root certificate. <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/01/30/mozillaroots.html">More Information</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://github.com/agl/extract-nss-root-certs">Extracting roots and their trust bits</a></p></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p class="rubric" id="nss-is-built-on-top-of-netscape-portable-runtime-nspr">NSS is built on top of Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR)</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/nspr/index.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#nspr"><span class="std std-ref">NSPR</span></a> - NSPR project page.</p></li> <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/nspr/reference/index.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#nspr-api-reference"><span class="std std-ref">NSPR API Reference</span></a> - NSPR API documentation.</p></li> </ul> <p class="rubric" id="additional-information">Additional Information</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript_crypto">Using the window.crypto object from JavaScript</a></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_http_delegation</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_tls_cipher_suite_discovery</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_certificate_download_specification</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_fips_mode_-_an_explanation</span></p></li> <li><p><span class="xref std std-ref">mozilla_projects_nss_key_log_format</span></p></li> </ul> <p class="rubric" id="planning">Planning</p> <p>Information on NSS planning can be found at <a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://wiki.mozilla.org/NSS">wiki.mozilla.org</a>, including:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation">FIPS Validation</a></p></li> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://wiki.mozilla.org/NSS:Roadmap">NSS Roadmap page</a></p></li> <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mitr/NSS:DeveloperFriendliness">NSS Improvement Project</a></p></li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer"><a href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/nspr/index.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="btn btn-neutral float-left" title="NSPR" accesskey="p" rel="prev"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left" aria-hidden="true"></span> Previous</a> <a href="https://firefox--source--docs-mozilla-org.translate.goog/security/nss/build.html?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Building NSS" accesskey="n" rel="next">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> </div> <hr> <div role="contentinfo"> <p></p> </div> Built with <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</a> using a <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme">theme</a> provided by <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=pl&tl=iw&hl=en-GB&u=https://readthedocs.org">Read the Docs</a>. </footer> </div> </div> </section> </div> <script> jQuery(function () { SphinxRtdTheme.Navigation.enable(true); }); </script> <script>function gtElInit() {var lib = new google.translate.TranslateService();lib.translatePage('pl', 'iw', function () {});}</script> <script src="https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=gtElInit&hl=en-GB&client=wt" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>