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Christopher Chambers wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was attempting to configure some software. Configure told me that:
> missing required NSS library 'nss3'
> 
> A search of my hard drive and the net came up dry. Who writes the
> library and were can I download it?
> 
> -
> Regards,
> Chris Chambers

Take a look at: /usr/ports/security/nss

It used to be a dependency for Firefox 2.x.x so it got installed and went 
noticed. Firefox 3.x.x uses nspr and so nss is not present.

-Mike