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Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements

This email begins the discussion period for Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements.

PURPOSE OF BALLOT The purpose of this ballot is for the Networking Security Working Group to formally adopt version 1.7 of the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements as currently published by the CA/Browser Forum.

MOTION The following motion has been proposed by Clint Wilson of Apple and endorsed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and Ben Wilson of Mozilla. -–Motion Begins-– In accordance with the Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy of the CA/Browser Forum, version 1.7 of the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements are adopted in full. -–Motion Ends-– This ballot proposes a Final Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: Discussion (7+ days) Start Time: January 31 2022 17:00 UTC

End Time: February 07 2022 17:00 UTC

Vote for approval (7 days) Start Time: February 08 2022 22:00 UTC

End Time: February 15 2022 22:00 UTC

Latest releases

Server Certificate Requirements
SC-081v3: Introduce Schedule of Reducing Validity and Data Reuse Periods - May 21, 2025

BR v2.1.5

Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.9 - Ballot SMC011 - May 14, 2025

This ballot allows the option to use a European Unique Identifier (EUID) as a Registration Reference in the NTR Registration Scheme. The EUID uniquely identifies officially-registered organizations, Legal Entities, and branch offices within the European Union or the European Economic Area. The EUID is specified in chapter 9 of the Annex contained in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 which describes rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 “relating to certain aspects of company law (codification)”. The ballot also includes several editorial corrections, (e.g., reordering of References and regrouping of information from Appendix A to Section 7.1.4.2.2 (d)). This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Adrian Mueller (SwissSign) and Adriano Santoni (Actalis).

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35