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- Signing Tool (signtool)
- 1.3 Release Notes
- ========================================
-
-Documentation is provided online at mozilla.org
-
-Problems or questions not covered by the online documentation can be
-discussed in the DevEdge Security Newsgroup.
-
-=== New Features in 1.3
-=======================
-
-The security library components have been upgraded to utilize NSS_2_7_1_RTM.
-This means that the maximum RSA keysize now supported should be 4096 bits.
-
-=== Zigbert 0.6 Support
-=======================
-This program was previously named Zigbert. The last version of zigbert
-was Zigbert 0.6. Because all the functionality of Zigbert is maintained in
-signtool 1.2, Zigbert is no longer supported. If you have problems
-using Zigbert, please upgrade to signtool 1.2.
-
-=== New Features in 1.2
-=======================
-
-Certificate Generation Improvements
------------------------------------
-Two new options have been added to control generation of self-signed object
-signing certificates with the -G option. The -s option takes the size (in bits)
-of the generated RSA private key. The -t option takes the name of the PKCS #11
-token on which to generate the keypair and install the certificate. Both
-options are optional. By default, the private key is 1024 bits and is generated
-on the internal software token.
-
-
-=== New Features in 1.1
-=======================
-
-File I/O
---------
-Signtool can now read its options from a command file specified with the -f
-option on the command line. The format for the file is described in the
-documentation.
-Error messages and informational output can be redirected to an output file
-by supplying the "--outfile" option on the command line or the "outfile="
-option in the command file.
-
-New Options
------------
-"--norecurse" tells Signtool not to recurse into subdirectories when signing
-directories or parsing HTML with the -J option.
-"--leavearc" tells Signtool not to delete the temporary .arc directories
-produced by the -J option. This can aid debugging.
-"--verbosity" tells Signtool how much information to display. 0 is the
-default. -1 suppresses most messages, except for errors.
-
-=== Bug Fixes in 1.1
-====================
-
--J option revamped
-------------------
-The -J option, which parses HTML files, extracts Java and Javascript code,
-and stores them in signed JAR files, has been re-implemented. Several bugs
-have been fixed:
-- CODEBASE attribute is no longer ignored
-- CLASS and SRC attributes can be be paths ("xxx/xxx/x.class") rather than
- just filenames ("x.class").
-- LINK tags are handled correctly
-- various HTML parsing bugs fixed
-- error messages are more informative
-
-No Password on Key Database
----------------------------
-If you had not yet set a Communicator password (which locks key3.db, the
-key database), signtool would fail with a cryptic error message whenever it
-attempted to verify the password. Now this condition is detected at the
-beginning of the program, and a more informative message is displayed.
-
--x and -e Options
------------------
-Previously, only one of each of these options could be specified on the command
-line. Now arbitrarily many can be specified. For example, to sign only files
-with .class or .js extensions, the arguments "-eclass -ejs" could both be
-specified. To exclude the directories "subdir1" and "subdir2" from signing,
-the arguments "-x subdir1 -x subdir2" could both be specified.
-
-New Features in 1.0
-===================
-
-Creation of JAR files
-----------------------
-The -Z option causes signtool to output a JAR file formed by storing the
-signed archive in ZIP format. This eliminates the need to use a separate ZIP
-utility. The -c option specifies the compression level of the resulting
-JAR file.
-
-Generation of Object-Signing Certificates and Keys
---------------------------------------------------
-The -G option will create a new, self-signed object-signing certificate
-which can be used for testing purposes. The generated certificate and
-associated public and private keys will be installed in the cert7.db and
-key3.db files in the directory specified with the -d option (unless the key
-is generated on an external token using the -t option). On Unix systems,
-if no directory is specified, the user's Netscape directory (~/.netscape)
-will be used. In addition, the certificate is output in X509 format to the
-files x509.raw and x509.cacert in the current directory. x509.cacert can
-be published on a web page and imported into browsers that visit that page.
-
-Extraction and Signing of JavaScript from HTML
-----------------------------------------------
-The -J option activates the same functionality provided by the signpages
-Perl script. It will parse a directory of html files, creating archives
-of the JavaScript called from the HTML. These archives are then signed and
-made into JAR files.
-
-Enhanced Smart Card Support
----------------------------
-Certificates that reside on smart cards are displayed when using the -L and
--l options.