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- # Emacs, please get me into -*- org -*- mode.
- * Manual:
- ** Some FIXME's which need attention.
- ** The pictures in info output do not exist.
- * Bugs or misfeatures:
- ** Mozilla presents the other certificates in "Websites". Only the
- first one is presented in the certicate manager under "Personal".
- ** Mozilla does not unload the right security token!!!
- ** Duplicate certificates should be removed from the object list (this
- can occur when including all certificate chains).
- ** Windows: Find thread-safe replacement for localtime_r and timegm.
- * Missing features:
- ** Add canonical gnupg logging module.
- ** Mozilla ignores the CKA_TRUSTED attribute to certificates, so
- exporting the information from GPGSM (ISTRUSTED) will not be
- useful. It's unclear if this can be improved in a meaningful way.
- * Could be done better:
- ** Search for grip/fingerprint directly instead iterating over all
- keys with GPGSM?
- * Standard ambiguities, or non-conformance in the applications:
- ** If the token is removed, the current sessions are closed. If then
- a new token is inserted, and the application calls C_OpenSession, a
- previously used session handle may be reused. It is not clear what
- behaviour the standard specifies in this case.
- ** Mozilla NSS has this comment (and relies on the assumption):
- "check to see if the module has added new slots. PKCS 11 v2.20
- allows for modules to add new slots, but never remove them. Slots
- cannot be added between a call to C_GetSlotLlist(Flag, NULL,
- &count) and the subsequent C_GetSlotList(flag, &data, &count) so
- that the array doesn't accidently grow on the caller. It is
- permissible for the slots to increase between successive calls with
- NULL to get the size."
- My reading of the spec is quite different. I do not think it does
- say that the slot list can not shrink, at least it does not say
- explicitely. Maybe it is a tacit assumption, because the interface
- is obviously broken if the list shrinks. However, the spec says:
- "All slots which C_GetSlotList reports must be able to be queried as
- valid slots by C_GetSlotInfo. Furthermore, the set of slots
- accessible through a Cryptoki library is checked at the time that
- C_GetSlotList, for list length prediction (NULL pSlotList argument)
- is called. If an application calls C_GetSlotList with a non-NULL
- pSlotList, and then the user adds or removes a hardware device, the
- changed slot list will only be visible and effective if
- C_GetSlotList is called again with NULL. Even if C_GetSlotList is
- successfully called this way, it may or may not be the case that
- the changed slot list will be successfully recognized depending on
- the library implementation. On some platforms, or earlier PKCS11
- compliant libraries, it may be necessary to successfully call
- C_Initialize or to restart the entire system."
- Note the phrase "user adds or removes a hardware device" and "the
- changed slot list". This implies that removal of a hardware device
- could lead to a shrinking slot list. If this is true, then the note
- in the NSS code is incorrect, and the NSS code will break if a
- driver shrinks the slot list.
- However, as long as the assumption is made, we have to comply.
- * Website:
- ** Border picture width constant hard-coded in CSS.
- * Copyright notice
- Copyright 2006 g10 Code GmbH
- This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
- unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
- modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
- This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
- implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE.
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