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# NSS 3.44 release notes

## [Introduction](#introduction)

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The NSS team has released Network Security Services (NSS) 3.44 on 10 May 2019, which is a minor
release.

The NSS team would like to recognize first-time contributors: Kevin Jacobs, David Carlier,
Alexander Scheel, and Edouard Oger.
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## [Distribution Information](#distribution_information)

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The HG tag is NSS_3_44_RTM. NSS 3.44 requires NSPR 4.21 or newer.

NSS 3.44 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:

- Source tarballs:
  <https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_44_RTM/src/>

Other releases are available {ref}`mozilla_projects_nss_nss_releases`.
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## [New in NSS 3.44](#new_in_nss_3.44)

### [New Functionality](#new_functionality)

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```{rubric} New Functions
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- *in lib/certdb/cert.h*

  - **CERT_GetCertificateDer** - Access the DER-encoded form of a CERTCertificate.
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## [Notable Changes in NSS 3.44](#notable_changes_in_nss_3.44)

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- It is now possible to build NSS as a static library (Bug
  [1543545](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543545))
- Initial support for building for iOS.
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## [Bugs fixed in NSS 3.44](#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.44)

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- [1501542](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501542) - Implement CheckARMSupport
  for Android
- [1531244](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531244) - Use \_\_builtin_bswap64 in
  crypto_primitives.h
- [1533216](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1533216) - CERT_DecodeCertPackage()
  crash with Netscape Certificate Sequences
- [1533616](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1533616) -
  sdb_GetAttributeValueNoLock should make at most one sql query, rather than one for each
  attribute
- [1531236](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531236) - Provide accessor for
  CERTCertificate.derCert
- [1536734](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1536734) -
  lib/freebl/crypto_primitives.c assumes a big endian machine
- [1532384](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532384) - In NSS test certificates,
  use @example.com (not @bogus.com)
- [1538479](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538479) - Post-Handshake messages
  after async server authentication break when using record layer separation
- [1521578](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1521578) - x25519 support in
  pk11pars.c
- [1540205](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1540205) - freebl build fails with
  -DNSS_DISABLE_CHACHAPOLY
- [1532312](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532312) - post-handshake auth
  doesn't interoperate with OpenSSL
- [1542741](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542741) - certutil -F crashes with
  segmentation fault
- [1546925](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546925) - Allow preceding text in
  try comment
- [1534468](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1534468) - Expose ChaCha20 primitive
- [1418944](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418944) - Quote CC/CXX variables
  passed to nspr
- [1543545](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543545) - Allow to build NSS as a
  static library
- [1487597](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487597) - Early data that arrives
  before the handshake completes can be read afterwards
- [1548398](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548398) - freebl_gtest not building
  on Linux/Mac
- [1548722](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548722) - Fix some Coverity
  warnings
- [1540652](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1540652) - softoken/sdb.c: Logically
  dead code
- [1549413](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1549413) - Android log lib is not
  included in build
- [1537927](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1537927) - IPsec usage is too
  restrictive for existing deployments
- [1549608](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1549608) - Signature fails with dbm
  disabled
- [1549848](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1549848) - Allow building NSS for
  iOS using gyp
- [1549847](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1549847) - NSS's SQLite compilation
  warnings make the build fail on iOS
- [1550041](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1550041) - freebl not building on
  iOS simulator
- [1542950](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542950) - MacOS cipher test
  timeouts

This Bugzilla query returns all the bugs fixed in NSS 3.44:

<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&product=NSS&target_milestone=3.44>
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## [Compatibility](#compatibility)

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NSS 3.44 shared libraries are backward compatible with all older NSS 3.x shared libraries. A
program linked with older NSS 3.x shared libraries will work with NSS 3.44 shared libraries
without recompiling or relinking. Furthermore, applications that restrict their use of NSS APIs
to the functions listed in NSS Public Functions will remain compatible with future versions of
the NSS shared libraries.
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## [Feedback](#feedback)

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Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report with
[bugzilla.mozilla.org](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NSS) (product NSS).
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