Ballot 75 – NameConstraints Criticality Flag
Ballot 75 – NameConstraints Criticality Flag (Passed)
Motion
Kathleen Wilson made the following motion, and Steve Roylance and Adam Langley endorsed it.
Motion begins
Effective immediately
Erratum begins
Delete the following text from the “Subordinate CA Certificate” section of both the Baseline Requirements Appendix B and EV Guidelines Appendix B:
“All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280.”
AND replace it with the following:
“F. nameConstraints (optional).
If present, this extension SHOULD be marked critical*.
All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280.
- Non-critical Name Constraints are an exception to RFC 5280 that MAY be used until the Name Constraints extension is supported by Application Software Suppliers whose software is used by a substantial portion of Relying Parties worldwide.”
Erratum ends
The ballot review period comes into effect at 21:00 UTC on May 25, 2012 and will close at 21:00 UTC on June 1, 2012. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 21:00 UTC on June 8, 2012. Votes must be cast by “reply all” to this email.
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