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2023-07-13 Minutes of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Attendees

Andrea Holland (VikingCloud), Atsushi INABA (GlobalSign), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Mohit Kumar (GlobalSign), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Tim Crawford (BDO/WebTrust)

Minutes

1 item on agenda today (since Bruce and Ian are away) – removal of BR references, and which is the correct version of X.509 to be used. Dimitris to lead discussion.

Ballot: CSC 19
Latest comments from Tim have been cleared, if no other concerns or objections, discussion period will start on Monday (17 July)
No concerns raised over content, but procedural concern raised over discussion being held during summer holiday period
If quorum is not achieved for vote (due to holiday period impact), a new ballot will be submitted with a new number (same content)
Still waiting on feedback from Microsoft in respect to X.509 version
Server WG requires conformance with RFC 5280 which specifically references X.509 2005 version
Requiring latest version of X.509 is as inclusive as possible (since it already include 2005 edits) and should not present an issue

No other business

Next meeting: July 27

Adjourn

Latest releases

Server Certificate Requirements
SC097: Sunset all remaining use of SHA-1 signatures in Certificates and CRLs - Feb 25, 2026

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
v1.0.13 - Ballot SMC015v2 - Mar 28, 2026

This ballot introduces requirements that a CA or RA must follow to rely upon a Mobile Drivers License (mDL) to provide evidence for the authentication of individual identity. It allows the use of mDL that conform to ISO/IEC 18013-5 and which may be verified by the CA or RA in conformance with ISO/IEC 18013-7. The CA or RA shall only accept mDL from an Issuing Authority that is legally authorized by the relevant government or jurisdiction to issue driving licenses. The draft also aligns the subsections of 3.2.4.2 (Validation of individual identity) to correspond more closely with those in 3.2.4.1 (Attribute collection of individual identity). It also includes minor editorial corrections. SMC015v2 was updated to remove an additional reference to the superceded ETSI EN 319 403. This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Ben Wilson (Mozilla) and Scott Rea (eMudhra).

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
Version 2.0.5 (Ballot NS-008) - Jul 9, 2025