Information about the package, python-nss, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-nss package is designed for, Python bindings for Network Security Services (NSS).
Package Name:
python-nss
Summary:
Python bindings for Network Security Services (NSS)
Description:
This package provides Python bindings for Network Security Services (NSS) and the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR). NSS is a set of libraries supporting security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. Specific NSS implementations have been FIPS-140 certified.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.16.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
241 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MPLv2.0 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
Control the python-nss package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-nss
This command will install python-nss on the server.
yum remove python-nss
This command will un-install python-nss on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-nss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-nss
This command will un-install python-nss on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-nss when using the -y flag.
yum update python-nss
This command will update python-nss to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-nss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-nss
This command will update python-nss to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-nss when using the -y flag.
yum info python-nss
This command will show you core information about the python-nss package.
yum deplist python-nss
This command will show you the dependencies for python-nss. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update python-nss
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-nss. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.