Fedora 10 Update: python-nss-0.6-2.fc10

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-7596
2009-07-15 19:58:42
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Name        : python-nss
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 0.6
Release     : 2.fc10
URL         : :pserver:anonymous at cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot/mozilla/security/python/nss
Summary     : Python bindings for Network Security Services (NSS)
Description :
This package provides Python bindings for Network Security Services
(NSS) and the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR).

NSS is a set of libraries supporting 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. Specific NSS
implementations have been FIPS-140 certified.

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Update Information:

- fix bug #510343 client_auth_data_callback seg faults if False    is returned
from callback    add __version__ string to nss module  - add binding for
NSS_NoDB_Init(), bug #509002    move nssinit, nss_init and nss_shutdown from ssl
module to nss module  - installed source code in Mozilla CVS repository
update URL tag to point to CVS repositoy    (not yet a valid URL, still have to
coordinate with Mozilla)    minor tweak to src directory layout  - Convert
licensing to MPL tri-license  - apply patch from bug #472805, (Miloslav Trmač)
Don't allow closing a socket twice, that causes crashes.    New function
nss.io.Socket.new_socket_pair()    New function nss.io.Socket.poll()    New
function nss.io.Socket.import_tcp_socket()    New method
nss.nss.Certificate.get_subject_common_name()    New function
nss.nss.generate_random()    Fix return value creation in
SSLSocket.get_security_status    New function
nss.ssl.SSLSocket.import_tcp_socket()
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jul  9 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.6-2
- restore nss.nssinit(), make deprecated
* Wed Jul  8 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.6-1
- fix bug #510343 client_auth_data_callback seg faults if False
  is returned from callback
* Wed Jul  1 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.5-1
- restore ssl.nss_init and ssl.nss_shutdown but make them deprecated
  add __version__ string to nss module
* Tue Jun 30 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.4-1
- add binding for NSS_NoDB_Init(), bug #509002
  move nss_init and nss_shutdown from ssl module to nss module
* Thu Jun  4 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.3-1
- installed source code in Mozilla CVS repository
  update URL tag to point to CVS repositoy
  (not yet a valid URL, still have to coordinate with Mozilla)
  minor tweak to src directory layout
* Mon Jun  1 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.2-1
- Convert licensing to MPL tri-license
- apply patch from bug #472805, (Miloslav Trmač)
  Don't allow closing a socket twice, that causes crashes.
  New function nss.io.Socket.new_socket_pair()
  New function nss.io.Socket.poll()
  New function nss.io.Socket.import_tcp_socket()
  New method nss.nss.Certificate.get_subject_common_name()
  New function nss.nss.generate_random()
  Fix return value creation in SSLSocket.get_security_status
  New function nss.ssl.SSLSocket.import_tcp_socket()
* Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
* Sat Nov 29 2008 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet+rpm at gmail.com> - 0.1-2
- Rebuild for Python 2.6
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #510343 - Segmentation fault if nickname doesn't exist when doing client auth
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510343
  [ 2 ] Bug #472805 - [PATCH] Miscellaneous enhancements
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472805
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update python-nss' at the command line.
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