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tubestation/security/nss/doc/nroff/pk12util.1
Benjamin Beurdouche dab6897efe Bug 1711262 - land NSS ef591b9d25a3 UPGRADE_NSS_RELEASE, r=beurdouche
2021-05-25  Benjamin Beurdouche  <bbeurdouche@mozilla.com>

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1710716 - Remove Expired Sonera Class2 CA from NSS. r=bwilson

	Depends on D115882

	[ef591b9d25a3] [tip]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1710716 - Remove Expired Root Certificates from NSS - QuoVadis
	Root Certification Authority. r=bwilson

	Depends on D115877

	[f7ff828026cd]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1708307 - Remove Trustis FPS Root CA from NSS. r=bwilson

	[4ef15c2043cf]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1707097 - Add Certum Trusted Root CA to NSS. r=bwilson

	Depends on D115890

	[4f4982362348]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1707097 - Add Certum EC-384 CA to NSS. r=bwilson

	Depends on D115889

	[171e74b54ca4]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1703942 - Add ANF Secure Server Root CA to NSS. r=bwilson

	Depends on D115888

	[e189b4f85ce5]

	* lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt:
	Bug 1697071 - Add GLOBALTRUST 2020 root cert to NSS. r=bwilson

	[487e89fcb141]

2021-05-20  Robert Relyea  <rrelyea@redhat.com>

	* doc/certutil.xml, doc/html/certutil.html, doc/html/derdump.html,
	doc/html/modutil.html, doc/html/pk12util.html, doc/html/pp.html,
	doc/html/signver.html, doc/html/ssltap.html, doc/modutil.xml,
	doc/nroff/certutil.1, doc/nroff/crlutil.1, doc/nroff/derdump.1,
	doc/nroff/modutil.1, doc/nroff/pk12util.1, doc/nroff/pp.1,
	doc/nroff/signtool.1, doc/nroff/signver.1, doc/nroff/ssltap.1,
	doc/nroff/vfychain.1, doc/nroff/vfyserv.1, doc/pk12util.xml,
	doc/signver.xml:
	Bug 1712184 NSS tools manpages need to be updated to reflect that
	sqlite is the default database.

	This patch does 2 things:

	1) update certutil.xml pk12util.xml modutil.xml and signver.xml to
	reflect the fact the the sql database is default. Many of these also
	has examples of specifying sql:dirname which is now the default. I
	did not replace them with dbm:dirname since we don't want to
	encourage regressing back. The one exception is in the paragraph
	explaining how to get to the old database format.

	2) I ran make in the diretory to update the .1 and .html files
	generated from the .xml files. There are a number of old updates to
	the .xml files which haven't been picked up in their corresponding
	html or man page files. This updates are included in this patch.

	It is really only necessary to review the changes to the .xml files,
	the rest were reviewed when their patches were applied.

	bob

	[da25615e92c8]

2021-05-24  Mike Hommey  <mh@glandium.org>

	* lib/freebl/freebl.gyp:
	Bug 1712230 - Don't build ppc-gcm.s with clang integrated assembler.
	r=bbeurdouche

	Like intel-gcm.s.

	[2300e178c90f]

2021-05-20  Robert Relyea  <rrelyea@redhat.com>

	* lib/freebl/blapi.h:
	Bug 1712211 Strict prototype error when trying to compile nss code
	that includes blapi.h

	in blapi.h, strict prototypes compiles fail on: extern
	BLAKE2BContext *BLAKE2B_NewContext();

	This patch fixes that problem.

	[207465bda46a]

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D115972
2021-05-26 07:56:40 +00:00

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.\" Title: PK12UTIL
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.\" Date: 19 May 2021
.\" Manual: NSS Security Tools
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.TH "PK12UTIL" "1" "19 May 2021" "nss-tools" "NSS Security Tools"
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.SH "NAME"
pk12util \- Export and import keys and certificate to or from a PKCS #12 file and the NSS database
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBpk12util\fR\ 'u
\fBpk12util\fR [\-i\ p12File|\-l\ p12File|\-o\ p12File] [\-c\ keyCipher] [\-C\ certCipher] [\-d\ directory] [\-h\ tokenname] [\-m\ |\ \-\-key\-len\ keyLength] [\-M\ hashAlg] [\-n\ certname] [\-P\ dbprefix] [\-r] [\-v] [\-\-cert\-key\-len\ certKeyLength] [\-k\ slotPasswordFile|\-K\ slotPassword] [\-w\ p12filePasswordFile|\-W\ p12filePassword]
.SH "STATUS"
.PP
This documentation is still work in progress\&. Please contribute to the initial review in
\m[blue]\fBMozilla NSS bug 836477\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The PKCS #12 utility,
\fBpk12util\fR, enables sharing certificates among any server that supports PKCS #12\&. The tool can import certificates and keys from PKCS #12 files into security databases, export certificates, and list certificates and keys\&.
.SH "OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fBOptions\fR
.PP
\-i p12file
.RS 4
Import keys and certificates from a PKCS #12 file into a security database\&.
.RE
.PP
\-l p12file
.RS 4
List the keys and certificates in PKCS #12 file\&.
.RE
.PP
\-o p12file
.RS 4
Export keys and certificates from the security database to a PKCS #12 file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBArguments\fR
.PP
\-c keyCipher
.RS 4
Specify the key encryption algorithm\&.
.RE
.PP
\-C certCipher
.RS 4
Specify the certiticate encryption algorithm\&.
.RE
.PP
\-d directory
.RS 4
Specify the database directory into which to import to or export from certificates and keys\&.
.sp
\fBpk12util\fR
supports two types of databases: the legacy security databases (cert8\&.db,
key3\&.db, and
secmod\&.db) and new SQLite databases (cert9\&.db,
key4\&.db, and
pkcs11\&.txt)\&. If the prefix
\fBdbm:\fR
is not used, then the tool assumes that the given databases are in the SQLite format\&.
.RE
.PP
\-h tokenname
.RS 4
Specify the name of the token to import into or export from\&.
.RE
.PP
\-k slotPasswordFile
.RS 4
Specify the text file containing the slot\*(Aqs password\&.
.RE
.PP
\-K slotPassword
.RS 4
Specify the slot\*(Aqs password\&.
.RE
.PP
\-m | \-\-key\-len keyLength
.RS 4
Specify the desired length of the symmetric key to be used to encrypt the private key\&.
.RE
.PP
\-M hashAlg
.RS 4
Specify the hash algorithm used in the pkcs #12 mac\&. This algorithm also specifies the HMAC used in the prf when using pkcs #5 v2\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-cert\-key\-len certKeyLength
.RS 4
Specify the desired length of the symmetric key to be used to encrypt the certificates and other meta\-data\&.
.RE
.PP
\-n certname
.RS 4
Specify the nickname of the cert and private key to export\&.
.sp
The nickname can also be a PKCS #11 URI\&. For example, if you have a certificate named "my\-server\-cert" on the internal certificate store, it can be unambiguously specified as "pkcs11:token=NSS%20Certificate%20DB;object=my\-server\-cert"\&. For details about the format, see RFC 7512\&.
.RE
.PP
\-P prefix
.RS 4
Specify the prefix used on the certificate and key databases\&. This option is provided as a special case\&. Changing the names of the certificate and key databases is not recommended\&.
.RE
.PP
\-r
.RS 4
Dumps all of the data in raw (binary) form\&. This must be saved as a DER file\&. The default is to return information in a pretty\-print ASCII format, which displays the information about the certificates and public keys in the p12 file\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v
.RS 4
Enable debug logging when importing\&.
.RE
.PP
\-w p12filePasswordFile
.RS 4
Specify the text file containing the pkcs #12 file password\&.
.RE
.PP
\-W p12filePassword
.RS 4
Specify the pkcs #12 file password\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN CODES"
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
0 \- No error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
1 \- User Cancelled
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
2 \- Usage error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
6 \- NLS init error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
8 \- Certificate DB open error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
9 \- Key DB open error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
10 \- File initialization error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
11 \- Unicode conversion error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
12 \- Temporary file creation error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
13 \- PKCS11 get slot error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
14 \- PKCS12 decoder start error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
15 \- error read from import file
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
16 \- pkcs12 decode error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
17 \- pkcs12 decoder verify error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
18 \- pkcs12 decoder validate bags error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
19 \- pkcs12 decoder import bags error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
20 \- key db conversion version 3 to version 2 error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
21 \- cert db conversion version 7 to version 5 error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
22 \- cert and key dbs patch error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
23 \- get default cert db error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
24 \- find cert by nickname error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
25 \- create export context error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
26 \- PKCS12 add password itegrity error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
27 \- cert and key Safes creation error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
28 \- PKCS12 add cert and key error
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
29 \- PKCS12 encode error
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
\fBImporting Keys and Certificates\fR
.PP
The most basic usage of
\fBpk12util\fR
for importing a certificate or key is the PKCS #12 input file (\fB\-i\fR) and some way to specify the security database being accessed (either
\fB\-d\fR
for a directory or
\fB\-h\fR
for a token)\&.
.PP
pk12util \-i p12File [\-h tokenname] [\-v] [\-d directory] [\-P dbprefix] [\-k slotPasswordFile|\-K slotPassword] [\-w p12filePasswordFile|\-W p12filePassword]
.PP
For example:
.PP
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# pk12util \-i /tmp/cert\-files/users\&.p12 \-d /home/my/sharednssdb
Enter a password which will be used to encrypt your keys\&.
The password should be at least 8 characters long,
and should contain at least one non\-alphabetic character\&.
Enter new password:
Re\-enter password:
Enter password for PKCS12 file:
pk12util: PKCS12 IMPORT SUCCESSFUL
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBExporting Keys and Certificates\fR
.PP
Using the
\fBpk12util\fR
command to export certificates and keys requires both the name of the certificate to extract from the database (\fB\-n\fR) and the PKCS #12\-formatted output file to write to\&. There are optional parameters that can be used to encrypt the file to protect the certificate material\&.
.PP
pk12util \-o p12File \-n certname [\-c keyCipher] [\-C certCipher] [\-m|\-\-key_len keyLen] [\-n|\-\-cert_key_len certKeyLen] [\-d directory] [\-P dbprefix] [\-k slotPasswordFile|\-K slotPassword] [\-w p12filePasswordFile|\-W p12filePassword]
.PP
For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# pk12util \-o certs\&.p12 \-n Server\-Cert \-d /home/my/sharednssdb
Enter password for PKCS12 file:
Re\-enter password:
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBListing Keys and Certificates\fR
.PP
The information in a
\&.p12
file are not human\-readable\&. The certificates and keys in the file can be printed (listed) in a human\-readable pretty\-print format that shows information for every certificate and any public keys in the
\&.p12
file\&.
.PP
pk12util \-l p12File [\-h tokenname] [\-r] [\-d directory] [\-P dbprefix] [\-k slotPasswordFile|\-K slotPassword] [\-w p12filePasswordFile|\-W p12filePassword]
.PP
For example, this prints the default ASCII output:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# pk12util \-l certs\&.p12
Enter password for PKCS12 file:
Key(shrouded):
Friendly Name: Thawte Freemail Member\*(Aqs Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd\&. ID
Encryption algorithm: PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 3KEY Triple DES\-CBC
Parameters:
Salt:
45:2e:6a:a0:03:4d:7b:a1:63:3c:15:ea:67:37:62:1f
Iteration Count: 1 (0x1)
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 13 (0xd)
Signature Algorithm: PKCS #1 SHA\-1 With RSA Encryption
Issuer: "E=personal\-freemail@thawte\&.com,CN=Thawte Personal Freemail C
A,OU=Certification Services Division,O=Thawte Consulting,L=Cape T
own,ST=Western Cape,C=ZA"
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Alternatively, the
\fB\-r\fR
prints the certificates and then exports them into separate DER binary files\&. This allows the certificates to be fed to another application that supports
\&.p12
files\&. Each certificate is written to a sequentially\-number file, beginning with
file0001\&.der
and continuing through
file000N\&.der, incrementing the number for every certificate:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
pk12util \-l test\&.p12 \-r
Enter password for PKCS12 file:
Key(shrouded):
Friendly Name: Thawte Freemail Member\*(Aqs Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd\&. ID
Encryption algorithm: PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 3KEY Triple DES\-CBC
Parameters:
Salt:
45:2e:6a:a0:03:4d:7b:a1:63:3c:15:ea:67:37:62:1f
Iteration Count: 1 (0x1)
Certificate Friendly Name: Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA \- Thawte Consulting
Certificate Friendly Name: Thawte Freemail Member\*(Aqs Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd\&. ID
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "PASSWORD ENCRYPTION"
.PP
PKCS #12 provides for not only the protection of the private keys but also the certificate and meta\-data associated with the keys\&. Password\-based encryption is used to protect private keys on export to a PKCS #12 file and, optionally, the associated certificates\&. If no algorithm is specified, the tool defaults to using PKCS #12 SHA\-1 and 3\-key triple DES for private key encryption\&. When not in FIPS mode, PKCS #12 SHA\-1 and 40\-bit RC4 is used for certificate encryption\&. When in FIPS mode, there is no certificate encryption\&. If certificate encryption is not wanted, specify
\fB"NONE"\fR
as the argument of the
\fB\-C\fR
option\&.
.PP
The private key is always protected with strong encryption by default\&.
.PP
Several types of ciphers are supported\&.
.PP
PKCS #5 password\-based encryption
.RS 4
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
PBES2 with AES\-CBC\-Pad as underlying encryption scheme (\fB"AES\-128\-CBC"\fR,
\fB"AES\-192\-CBC"\fR, and
\fB"AES\-256\-CBC"\fR)
.RE
.RE
.PP
PKCS #12 password\-based encryption
.RS 4
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SHA\-1 and 128\-bit RC4 (\fB"PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 128 Bit RC4"\fR
or
\fB"RC4"\fR)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SHA\-1 and 40\-bit RC4 (\fB"PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 40 Bit RC4"\fR) (used by default for certificate encryption in non\-FIPS mode)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SHA\-1 and 3\-key triple\-DES (\fB"PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 3KEY Triple DES\-CBC"\fR
or
\fB"DES\-EDE3\-CBC"\fR)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SHA\-1 and 128\-bit RC2 (\fB"PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 128 Bit RC2 CBC"\fR
or
\fB"RC2\-CBC"\fR)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
SHA\-1 and 40\-bit RC2 (\fB"PKCS #12 V2 PBE With SHA\-1 And 40 Bit RC2 CBC"\fR)
.RE
.RE
.PP
With PKCS #12, the crypto provider may be the soft token module or an external hardware module\&. If the cryptographic module does not support the requested algorithm, then the next best fit will be selected (usually the default)\&. If no suitable replacement for the desired algorithm can be found, the tool returns the error
\fIno security module can perform the requested operation\fR\&.
.SH "NSS DATABASE TYPES"
.PP
NSS originally used BerkeleyDB databases to store security information\&. The last versions of these
\fIlegacy\fR
databases are:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
cert8\&.db for certificates
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
key3\&.db for keys
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
secmod\&.db for PKCS #11 module information
.RE
.PP
BerkeleyDB has performance limitations, though, which prevent it from being easily used by multiple applications simultaneously\&. NSS has some flexibility that allows applications to use their own, independent database engine while keeping a shared database and working around the access issues\&. Still, NSS requires more flexibility to provide a truly shared security database\&.
.PP
In 2009, NSS introduced a new set of databases that are SQLite databases rather than BerkleyDB\&. These new databases provide more accessibility and performance:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
cert9\&.db for certificates
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
key4\&.db for keys
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
pkcs11\&.txt, which is listing of all of the PKCS #11 modules contained in a new subdirectory in the security databases directory
.RE
.PP
Because the SQLite databases are designed to be shared, these are the
\fIshared\fR
database type\&. The shared database type is preferred; the legacy format is included for backward compatibility\&.
.PP
By default, the tools (\fBcertutil\fR,
\fBpk12util\fR,
\fBmodutil\fR) assume that the given security databases use the SQLite type Using the legacy databases must be manually specified by using the
\fBdbm:\fR
prefix with the given security directory\&. For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# pk12util \-i /tmp/cert\-files/users\&.p12 \-d dbm:/home/my/sharednssdb
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
To set the legacy database type as the default type for the tools, set the
\fBNSS_DEFAULT_DB_TYPE\fR
environment variable to
\fBdbm\fR:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
export NSS_DEFAULT_DB_TYPE="dbm"
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
This line can be set added to the
~/\&.bashrc
file to make the change permanent\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
https://wiki\&.mozilla\&.org/NSS_Shared_DB_Howto
.RE
.PP
For an engineering draft on the changes in the shared NSS databases, see the NSS project wiki:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
https://wiki\&.mozilla\&.org/NSS_Shared_DB
.RE
.SH "COMPATIBILITY NOTES"
.PP
The exporting behavior of
\fBpk12util\fR
has changed over time, while importing files exported with older versions of NSS is still supported\&.
.PP
Until the 3\&.30 release,
\fBpk12util\fR
used the UTF\-16 encoding for the PKCS #5 password\-based encryption schemes, while the recommendation is to encode passwords in UTF\-8 if the used encryption scheme is defined outside of the PKCS #12 standard\&.
.PP
Until the 3\&.31 release, even when
\fB"AES\-128\-CBC"\fR
or
\fB"AES\-192\-CBC"\fR
is given from the command line,
\fBpk12util\fR
always used 256\-bit AES as the underlying encryption scheme\&.
.PP
For historical reasons,
\fBpk12util\fR
accepts password\-based encryption schemes not listed in this document\&. However, those schemes are not officially supported and may have issues in interoperability with other tools\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
certutil (1)
.PP
modutil (1)
.PP
The NSS wiki has information on the new database design and how to configure applications to use it\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
https://wiki\&.mozilla\&.org/NSS_Shared_DB_Howto
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
https://wiki\&.mozilla\&.org/NSS_Shared_DB
.RE
.SH "ADDITIONAL RESOURCES"
.PP
For information about NSS and other tools related to NSS (like JSS), check out the NSS project wiki at
\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.mozilla\&.org/projects/security/pki/nss/\fR\m[]\&. The NSS site relates directly to NSS code changes and releases\&.
.PP
Mailing lists: https://lists\&.mozilla\&.org/listinfo/dev\-tech\-crypto
.PP
IRC: Freenode at #dogtag\-pki
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
The NSS tools were written and maintained by developers with Netscape, Red Hat, Sun, Oracle, Mozilla, and Google\&.
.PP
Authors: Elio Maldonado <emaldona@redhat\&.com>, Deon Lackey <dlackey@redhat\&.com>\&.
.SH "LICENSE"
.PP
Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, v\&. 2\&.0\&. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla\&.org/MPL/2\&.0/\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
Mozilla NSS bug 836477
.RS 4
\%https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836477
.RE