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2023-05-04 Minutes of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Attendees

Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Dewberry (Keyfactor), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Eva Van Steenberge (GlobalSign), Ian McMillan (Microsoft), Janet Hines (VikingCloud), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Mohit Kumar (GlobalSign), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Tim Crawford (BDO), Tim Hollebeek (DigiCert)

Minutes

Antitrust statement: The Antitrust statement was read.

Approval of minutes: Minutes for 26 January 2023 & 20 April 2023 approved

Ballot: CSC 18 – Malware base revocation (Martijn)
Sending out v2.1 soon
Noted a few small changes
Request from Ian
Changed effective date to allow both using the new procedure right away or wait until the effective date (April 15, 2024)
Tim will send around internally for review.
Ballot: Remove SSL BR References (Dimitris was not present so Bruce gave update)
Review of the capitalized terms has started but is not complete
Looking for two endorsers
F2F Agenda Topics Discussion
Discussion around possible presentation from Microsoft but Ian is looking for some idea of the main topics
Suggested there may be time to discuss signing services after the revocation and 3647 ballot but may need to wait for updates based other ballots
Suggested to discuss Timestamping changes
Suggested discussing removing text allowing for keys not stored in hw
Bruce suggested discussing high risk items, and Tim mentioned that in previous discussions post June the plan was to remove high risk language, Bruce agreed.
Bruce suggested potentially a clean-up ballot
Ben suggested discussion around some of the proposed changes in the CSBRs and will think about specific topics for discussion
Some side discussion between Bruce and Ian about the future of EV certificates, potential topic for MS to present on and/or have on the agenda at the F2F
Ian suggested discussing certificate transparency for code signing certificates were there was discussion amongst the attendees that it was a good topic to add
In summary; timestamping changes, high risk language, potentially some specific CSBR github discussion threads, EV/OV certificates, certificate transparency
Other business
Discussed request for new interested party participant from Hydraulic Software, Dean will connect with Wayne to accomplish.
Next Meeting: May 18th 2023
Adjourn

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

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