These interfaces might be helpful:

https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/security/manager/ssl/public/nsIX509CertDB.idl
(see in particular verifyCertNow, although that's more of a testing
function and is subject to change)
https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/security/manager/ssl/public/nsIX509Cert.idl
as well as others in
https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/security/manager/ssl/public/

On 02/12/14 03:59, WebDoctor wrote:
> I'm currently working on a project where i need to validate a certificate 
> send by the web application to the browser in an HTTP header. In fact, I 
> don't need an implementation of HTTPS in this project, I only need to 
> validate the Base64 received certificate with the same process used in  the 
> HTTPS protocol. 
> 
> I can easily program the server side using PHP openSSL module , but I need 
> help in in how to implement a prototype of my preposition as a Firefox 
> extension.
> 
> From my research I found that Firefox verify certificate using NSS 
> Certificate Functions: 
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS_Certificate_Functions. But, i 
> could not find any information on how to access and use NSS certificate 
> functions From a Firefox extension code. 
> 
> Should I write my own XPCOM object, or is there any other reasonable solution 
> for that?. And can any one collaborate with me create this solution ?
> 
> I would be great-full for answers or any insights.
> 
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