Am Dienstag, 24. April 2007 16:33:04 UTC+2 schrieb Dennis Sinelnikov: > Thank you Bob and Glen for the info. > > Bob, you're right. I do want to open multiple NSS databases > (cert8.db/key3.db) dynamically via 1 process (jvm in my case). I'll see > if I can fake out JSS, or perhaps add this functionality to JSS. > > I'm somewhat surprised that this functionality is not already available > via JSS, perhaps I'm missing something. > > -Dennis > > Robert Relyea wrote: > > Glen Beasley wrote: > >> Dennis Sinelnikov wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Is there a way to open more than 1 NSS truststore using JSS? > >>> Specifically, within the same lifecycle of the java application. > >>> > >> > >> > > What do you mean by trust store? > > > > If you mean NSS trust domain, then no, the trust domains are still > > internal to NSS and there is no API to open more than one. > > > > If you mean sources of trusted data (a la nssckbi), then yes, each trust > > store is just another PKCS #11 module. > > > > If you mean NSS databases, then the answer is maybe... > >> At this time no. The database NSS currently uses, can't be used by > >> multiple processes. > >> > > The second part is true, but unrelated to your question. 2 processes can > > not share an NSS database (though they can share a PKCS #11 module, so > > multiple processes openning nssckbi, for instance, is OK). I believe > > your question is can a single process open multiple databases. The > > answer from an NSS API POV is "yes"! In NSS 3.9 or 3.10 we added an > > interface to allow processes to open additional NSS databases on the > > fly. Those databases show up as new slots. Prior to NSS 3.9, it was > > possible to open multiple NSS databases by changing the config parameter > > at initialization time. I do know know if any of these required > > interfaces are reflected back into JSS. My guess is no. It may be > > possible fake out JSS by initializing NSS first in C, but my guess is > > this may be to cumbersome. > >> The multiaccess database feature is planned but is not expected until > >> NSS 3.13. Once > >> implemented JSS would then be able to use this feature. > >> > >> http://wiki.mozilla.org/NSS:Roadmap#SQLite-Based_Multiaccess_Certificate_and_Key_Databases > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -glen > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dev-tech-crypto mailing list > >> dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto > >> > >
is it now possible with latest JSS, do open multiple databases at the same time within one java application? or Dennis could you fake out JSS? -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
