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Ballot SC-76v2: Clarify and improve OCSP requirements
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 20 votes total, with no abstentions: 20 Issuers voting YES: Amazon, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, Fastly, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, IdenTrust, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, Telia Company, TWCA 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 20 votes total, with no abstentions: 20 Issuers voting YES: Amazon, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, Fastly, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, IdenTrust, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, Telia Company, TWCA 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.
Ballot SC-79v2: Allow more than one Certificate Policy in a Cross-Certified Subordinate CA Certificate
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GoDaddy, HARICA, JPRS, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, VikingCloud 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(6) requires: In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favour of the ballot.
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GoDaddy, HARICA, JPRS, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, VikingCloud 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(6) requires: In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favour of the ballot.
Ballot SMC09 Pre-Linting, WebTrust for NetSec, and Minor Updates
October 9, 2024 by Stephen DavidsonIPR Review of Ballot SMC09: Pre-Linting, WebTrust for NetSec, and Minor Updates This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This 30-day Review Period is for the Final Maintenance Guideline that is attached to this Review Notice. Ballot for Review: Ballot SMC09, redline at https://cabforum.org/posts/2024/2024-10-23-SMCWG-ballot-SMC09/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.7-Redline.pdf Start of Review Period: October 23, 2024 End of Review Period: 1900 UTC on November 22, 2024
More posts of the CA/Browser ForumOctober 9, 2024 by Stephen DavidsonIPR Review of Ballot SMC09: Pre-Linting, WebTrust for NetSec, and Minor Updates This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This 30-day Review Period is for the Final Maintenance Guideline that is attached to this Review Notice. Ballot for Review: Ballot SMC09, redline at https://cabforum.org/posts/2024/2024-10-23-SMCWG-ballot-SMC09/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.7-Redline.pdf Start of Review Period: October 23, 2024 End of Review Period: 1900 UTC on November 22, 2024