Hello -

We use NSS to provide FIPS-compliant encryption in a Java desktop application. 
Each user has a MDB database under their C:\Users\User.Name directory, in which 
they keep their certificates and public/private key pairs.

But all users also get a few shared keys, which currently have to be copied 
into each user's database. This is a maintenance burden, and I've been looking 
at the shared database as a possible way to get around that.

>From what I've read, though, the shared database is intended to allow servers 
>to share keys and assumes the servers don't have secrets from each other. Once 
>you enter the database password you have access to any and all keys within.

Is that true, or is there some way to share the database while giving each user 
a private collection of certs and keys?

Thanks!
Ernie
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