Nelson Bolyard wrote: > Joe Orton wrote, On 2008-02-07 00:46: > >> Hi. When using the libsoftokn3.so PKCS#11 provider, is it safe to open >> a read-only session to a database which is opened read-write by another >> process (e.g. Firefox)? (By "safe", I mean simply that the provider >> will not crash and burn if Firefox modifies something underneath it) >> > > No, the Berkeley database used in all versions of NSS up through NSS 3.11.x > and in all versions of FireFox before FireFox 3, is not safe to be used in > that manner. > > With NSS 3.12, which will be used in FireFox 3, it will be possible to > configure an application to use a different database, namely sqlite3. > It will be safe to share a common database among multiple applications, > including read-write applications, with sqlite3. However, as I understand > it, FF3 will not use sqlite3 by default. It can be configured, but I'm not > sure how. Oh, I thought one of the stated goals of FF3 is to move to sqlite. Apparently there was a change in direction at some point?
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