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Forum Releases Final Code Signing Baseline Requirements for Vote

The Code Signing Working Group of the CA/Browser Forum announces the ballot of the final draft of the Code Signing Baseline Requirements. This version takes into account comments received in the first and second rounds of public review, comments from WebTrust auditors, and an additional three months of editing by the Working Group. Code Signing Requirements 2015-11-19 This is ballot 158 which begins on December 3, 2015

Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair

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