NSS 3.68 release notes¶
Introduction¶
Network Security Services (NSS) 3.68 was released on 8 July 2021.
Distribution Information¶
The HG tag is NSS_3_68_RTM. NSS 3.68 requires NSPR 4.32 or newer.
NSS 3.68 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:
Other releases are available Releases.
Bugs fixed in NSS 3.68¶
Bug 1713562 - Fix test leak.
Bug 1717452 - NSS 3.68 should depend on NSPR 4.32.
Bug 1693206 - Implement PKCS8 export of ECDSA keys.
Bug 1712883 - DTLS 1.3 draft-43.
Bug 1655493 - Support SHA2 HW acceleration using Intel SHA Extension.
Bug 1713562 - Validate ECH public names.
Bug 1717610 - Add function to get seconds from epoch from pkix::Time.
Compatibility¶
NSS 3.68 shared libraries are backwards-compatible with all older NSS 3.x shared libraries. A program linked with older NSS 3.x shared libraries will work with NSS 3.68 shared libraries without recompiling or relinking. Furthermore, applications that restrict their use of NSS APIs to the functions listed in NSS Public Functions will remain compatible with future versions of the NSS shared libraries.
Feedback¶
Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report on bugzilla.mozilla.org (product NSS).