From d78927edf10e4b1da68c15ab878eb5de1c01f9aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaroslav Klech Date: Oct 08 2020 12:14:28 +0000 Subject: Describes issue no.540 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Networking.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Networking.adoc index 960a425..a658a23 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Networking.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Networking.adoc @@ -3,3 +3,16 @@ include::{partialsdir}/entities.adoc[] [[networking]] = Networking + +== NSS `dbm` support removal + +Applications that use the Network Security Services (NSS) library often use a database for storing keys, certificates and trust. NSS supports two different storage formats: + +* SQLite +* The `dbm` file format + +Nowadays, NSS uses the SQLite file format by default and provides a transparent migration mechanism from `dbm` to SQLite. + +The `dbm` file format has been deprecated since Fedora 28 due to various drawbacks, and from Fedora 33 `dbm` will not be supported. + +This support removal will slightly reduce the size of the NSS library binary and the developers will be able to focus on the sole file format.