Fedora 11 Update: python-nss-0.8-1.fc11

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-11586
2009-11-16 06:29:54
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Name        : python-nss
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 0.8
Release     : 1.fc11
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:

- upgrade to latest upstream  - add support for symmetric encryption/decryption
more support for digests (hashes)  - The following classes were added:
PK11SymKey PK11Context  - The following methods and functions were added:
get_best_wrap_mechanism          get_best_key_length    key_gen
derive    get_key_length                   digest_key    clone_context
digest_begin    digest_op                        cipher_op    finalize
digest_final    read_hex                         hash_buf    sec_oid_tag_str
sec_oid_tag_name    sec_oid_tag_from_name            key_mechanism_type_name
key_mechanism_type_from_name     pk11_attribute_type_name
pk11_attribute_type_from_name    get_best_slot    get_internal_key_slot
create_context_by_sym_key    import_sym_key
create_digest_context    param_from_iv                    param_from_algid
generate_new_param               algtag_to_mechanism    mechanism_to_algtag
create_context_by_sym_key    SecItem.type                     SecItem.len
SecItem.data                     PK11SymKey.key_data    PK11SymKey.key_length
PK11SymKey.slot    param_from_iv                    generate_new_param
get_iv_length                    get_block_size    get_pad_mechanism  - The
following files were added:    cipher_test.py digest_test.py  - SecItem's now
support indexing and slicing on their data  - Clean up parsing and parameter
validation of variable arg functions
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Nov 13 2009 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> - 0.8-1
- upgrade to latest upstream
- add support for symmetric encryption/decryption
  more support for digests (hashes)
- The following classes were added:
  PK11SymKey PK11Context
- The following methods and functions were added:
  get_best_wrap_mechanism          get_best_key_length
  key_gen                          derive
  get_key_length                   digest_key
  clone_context                    digest_begin
  digest_op                        cipher_op
  finalize                         digest_final
  read_hex                         hash_buf
  sec_oid_tag_str                  sec_oid_tag_name
  sec_oid_tag_from_name            key_mechanism_type_name
  key_mechanism_type_from_name     pk11_attribute_type_name
  pk11_attribute_type_from_name    get_best_slot
  get_internal_key_slot            create_context_by_sym_key
  import_sym_key                   create_digest_context
  param_from_iv                    param_from_algid
  generate_new_param               algtag_to_mechanism
  mechanism_to_algtag              create_context_by_sym_key
  SecItem.type                     SecItem.len
  SecItem.data                     PK11SymKey.key_data
  PK11SymKey.key_length            PK11SymKey.slot
  param_from_iv                    generate_new_param
  get_iv_length                    get_block_size
  get_pad_mechanism
- The following files were added:
  cipher_test.py digest_test.py
- SecItem's now support indexing and slicing on their data
- Clean up parsing and parameter validation of variable arg functions
* 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
- 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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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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