commit e7a061681769beb9b643dbb703427e6faca3ef21 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Mon Jul 16 14:07:38 2018 -0400

Changes files for feature26815 and 26816 --- changes/feature26815 | 3 +++ changes/feature26816 | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changes/feature26815 b/changes/feature26815 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10e7e478f --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/feature26815 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Major features (experimental, library support): + - When built with --enable-nss, Tor now uses the NSS library for digests, + AES, and pseudorandom numbers. Closes ticket 26815. diff --git a/changes/feature26816 b/changes/feature26816 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3c25597d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/feature26816 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + o Major features (experimental, library support): + - Tor now has _partial_ support for using the NSS cryptography library in + place of OpenSSL. When Tor is configured with --enable-nss, it will + use NSS for several (but not yet all) of its cryptography. (It still + relies on OpenSSL for the rest.) Eventually, if all goes as planned, + "--enable-nss" will produce a version of Tor that does not depend on + OpenSSL. Implements ticket 26816. + + WARNING: This feature is experimental. Don't use it for real security + yet, until the code has had much more review, and more bugs have been + shaken out.