Robert Relyea wrote: > Martin Paljak wrote: >> Thanks for tips! Could you point me to the line in spec where it says >> that slots can only be added. I cant find the place where it forbids >> removing. >> > That's what I get for not checking the spec after the meeting in which > we discussed this. The original agreement was that removal was > forbidden. Unfortunately the current spec does not forbid removing slots.
Bob, as you may know, the PKCS#11 working group will be meeting by telephone Thursday morning at 6 AM Pacific Time. This seems like a good issue to raise in that call. SEED will also be discussed in that call. > Firefox does not allow removal. It'll be a small change to the code to > handle removal, though it makes the slot checks more expensive. If you > could write a bug up I'd appreciate it. I don't recall the details now, but as I recall, there was some nasty problem with shrinking sets of slots. I think it was simply that if the module can shrink it while it is in use, it may cause the code outside the module to reference a stale pointer. Something like that. Do you recall the particulars? > The upshot, however, is if you want it to work in Firefox 2 or 3 you'll > have to disallow removals. Indeed. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
