SSL_BYPASS_PKCS11 bypasses the PKCS11 layer for SSL encryption and MACing.
An overview can be found at https://blogs.oracle.com/jyrivirkki/entry/pkcs_11_and_ssl_performance
It had been marked as deprecated and as of NSS 3.28 it is gone completely:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28_release_notes https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303224
Metadata Update from @rcritten: - Issue close_status updated to: wontfix - Issue priority set to: None (was: 3) - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)