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7.172. python-nss

Updated python-nss packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The python-nss packages provide bindings for Network Security Services (NSS) that allow Python programs to use the NSS cryptographic libraries for SSL/TLS and PKI certificate management.

Note

The python-nss packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.16.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1154776)

Bug Fix

BZ#1154776
Added support for setting trust attributes on a certificate. * Added support for the SSL version range API, information on the SSL cipher suites, and information on the SSL connection.
Users of python-nss are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.