This README is to keep a list facts and known workaround for the pkcs11 java tests
perform as a result of bugs or features in NSS or other pkcs11 libraries.
- How to get NSS libraries?
The libraries come from the following sources.
1. Specified by system property test.nss.lib.paths
System property test.nss.lib.paths can specify a set of absolute paths to
the local NSS library directories. The paths are separated by comma.
2. Pre-built NSS libraries from artifactory server
If the value of system property test.nss.lib.paths is not set, the tests will try
to download pre-built NSS libraries from artifactory server. Currently, the
tests only looks for libraries for Windows and MacOSX platforms on artifactory.
Please note that JIB jar MUST be present in classpath when downloading the
libraries.
3. System NSS libraries
If both of the above sources are not available, the tests will try to search
for the libraries in some system paths. The paths are platform-specific. Note
that, there is no such system path on Windows and MacOSX platforms. On these
platforms, it has to use source 1 or 2.
- NSS ECC None/Basic/Extended
The tests detect the NSS library support for Elliptic Curves as to not
report incorrect failures. PKCS11 reports back CKR_DOMAIN_PARAMS_INVALID
when the curve is not supported.
- Default libsoftokn3.so
By default PKCS11Test.java will look for libsoftokn3.so. There are a number of
tests, particularly in Secmod, that need libnss3.so. The method useNSS() in
PKCS11test.java is to change the search and version checking to libnss3.
ECC Basic supports is secp256r1, secp384r1, and secp521r1.
- A bug in NSS 3.12 (Mozilla bug 471665) causes AES key lengths to be
read incorrectly. KeyStore/SecretKeysBasic.java tiggers this bug and
knows to avoid it.
- A number of EC tests fail because of a DER bug in NSS 3.11. The best guess
is Mozilla bug 480280. Those tests that abort execution with a PASS result
are: TestECDH2, TestECDSA, TestECDSA2 and TestECGenSpec.
