We ran into a similar problem with PKCS #11 modules that NSS and some other libraries share. When one of the libraries calls C_Finalize on the shared PKCS #11 module, it prevents the other libraries from using the PKCS #11 module.
Some possible solutions to this problem: 1. Change cURL to call NSS_IsInitialized. If NSS_Initialized returns PR_FALSE, then cURL knows it needs to initialize and shut down NSS. If NSS_IsInitialized returns PR_TRUE, cURL won't initialize and shut down NSS. 2. Add a function to cURL that cURL users can call to indicate that cURL isn't responsible for initializing and shutting down NSS. 3. Change NSS_Init so that instead of doing nothing when NSS is already initialized: http://mxr.mozilla.org/security/source/security/nss/lib/nss/nssinit.c#448 448 if (nss_IsInitted) { 449 return SECSuccess; 450 } it increments an initialization count. Then, NSS_Shutdown decrements the initialization count, and only shuts down NSS when the count reaches 0. Wan-Teh _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
