source: postlfs/security/nss.xml@ 3b6b240f

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY nss-download-http
  "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_&nss-major-version;_&nss-minor-version;_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nss-download-ftp
  "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_&nss-major-version;_&nss-minor-version;_RTM/src/nss-&nss-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nss-md5sum        "b85607eecc6c6ea49185febb546e5b43">
  <!ENTITY nss-size          "5.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY nss-buildsize     "73 MB">
  <!ENTITY nss-time          "0.8 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="nss" xreflabel="NSS-&nss-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="nss.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>NSS-&nss-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nss">
    <primary sortas="a-NSS">NSS</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to NSS</title>

    <para>
      The Network Security Services (<application>NSS</application>) package 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 v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12,
      S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. This is
      useful for implementing SSL and S/MIME or other Internet security
      standards into an application.
    </para>

    &lfs71_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nss-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &nss-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &nss-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &nss-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &nss-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NSS Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="nspr"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
    </para>


    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nss"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of NSS</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>NSS</application> by running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../nss-&nss-version;-standalone-1.patch &amp;&amp;
cd mozilla/security/nss                        &amp;&amp;
make nss_build_all BUILD_OPT=1                 \
  NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr           \
  USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1                            \
  ZLIB_LIBS=-lz                                \
  $([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp; echo USE_64=1) \
  $([ -f /usr/include/sqlite3.h ] &amp;&amp; echo NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1)</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<!--
    <para>
      If you wish to test the results, you'll need to set the domain name of
      your system in the <envar>DOMSUF</envar> environment variable. Most of the
      tests will fail if you don't provide the correct domain name. The
      voluminous output will report how many of the several thousand tests
      passed, and if any failed.  To review the details of any failures, you may
      wish to capture stdout and stderr in a file.
    </para>

    <para>
      To run the tests, ensure you change the <command>export DOMSUF</command>
      command below to an appropriate value, e.g.,
      <parameter>mydomain.com</parameter> or, if you do not have any domain in
      your <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> replace this with the developers'
      recommendation of
      <command>"export HOST=localhost DOMSUF=localdomain"</command> and issue
      the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>bash

export NSS_LINUXDIR=$(basename `ls -d $PWD/mozilla/dist/Linux*`) &amp;&amp;
export DOMSUF=<replaceable>&lt;validdomain.name&gt;</replaceable> &amp;&amp;
export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/mozilla/dist/$NSS_LINUXDIR/bin &amp;&amp;
export TEST_RESULTSDIR=$PWD/mozilla/tests_results/security &amp;&amp;

cd mozilla/security/nss/tests &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's/gmake/make/' common/init.sh &amp;&amp;
./all.sh &amp;&amp;

grep Passed $TEST_RESULTSDIR/$(hostname).1/results.html | wc -l &amp;&amp;

exit</userinput></screen>
-->
    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cd ../../dist &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 Linux*/lib/*.so /usr/lib              &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 Linux*/lib/{*.chk,libcrmf.a} /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/nss                   &amp;&amp;
cp -v -RL {public,private}/nss/* /usr/include/nss      &amp;&amp;
chmod 644 /usr/include/nss/*                           &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 Linux*/bin/{certutil,nss-config,pk12util} /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 Linux*/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>BUILD_OPT=1</parameter>: This option is passed to
      <command>make</command> so that the build is performed with no debugging
      symbols built into the binaries and the default compiler optimizations are
      used.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/nspr</parameter>: This option 
      sets the location of the nspr headers.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1</parameter>: This option is passed to
      <command>make</command> to ensure that the
      <filename class="libraryfile">libssl3.so</filename> library is linked to
      the system installed <application>zlib</application> instead of the
      in-tree version.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>ZLIB_LIBS=-lz</parameter>: This option provides the
      linker flags needed to link to the system <application>zlib</application>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>$([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp; echo USE_64=1)</command>:
      The <parameter>USE_64=1</parameter> option is <emphasis>required on
      x86_64</emphasis>, otherwise <command>make</command> will try (and fail)
      to create 32-bit objects. The [ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] test ensures it
      has no effect on a 32 bit system.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>([ -f /usr/include/sqlite3.h ] &amp;&amp; echo
      NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1)</command>: This tests if
      <application>sqlite</application> is installed and if so it
      <command>echo</command>s the option NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 to
      <command>make</command> so that
      <filename class="libraryfile">libsoftokn3.so</filename> will link against
      the system version of sqlite.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>certutil, nss-config and pk12util</seg>
        <seg>
          libcrmf.a,
          libfreebl3.so,
          libnss3.so,
          libnssckbi.so,
          libnssdbm3.so,
          libnsssysinit.so,
          libnssutil3.so,
          libsmime3.so,
          libsoftokn3.so and
          libssl3.so
        </seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/nss</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="certutil">
        <term><command>certutil</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Mozilla Certificate Database Tool. It is a command-line
            utility that can create and modify the Netscape Communicator
            cert8.db and key3.db database files. It can also list, generate,
            modify, or delete certificates within the cert8.db file and create
            or change the password, generate new public and private key pairs,
            display the contents of the key database, or delete key pairs within
            the key3.db file.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nss certutil">
            <primary sortas="b-certutil">certutil</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="nss-config">
        <term><command>nss-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to determine the NSS library settings of the installed NSS
            libraries.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nss nss-config">
            <primary sortas="b-nss-config">nss-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pk12util">
        <term><command>pk12util</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a tool for importing certificates and keys from pkcs #12 files
            into NSS or exporting them. It can also list certificates and keys
            in such files. 
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nss pk12util">
            <primary sortas="b-pk12util">pk12util</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>