Ballot SMC05: Adoption of CAA for S/MIME

Ballot SMC05: Adoption of CAA for S/MIME

Purpose of Ballot:

The ballot proposes changes to the S/MIME Baseline Requirements to introduce the use of Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Processing for Email Addresses as defined in RFC 9495. It also includes minor typographic corrections.

The following motion has been proposed by Corey Bonnell of DigiCert and endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Ben Wilson of Mozilla.

— MOTION BEGINS —

This ballot modifies Version 1.0.2 of the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (“S/MIME Baseline Requirements”) resulting in Version 1.0.3.

The proposed modifications to the S/MIME Baseline Requirements may be found at https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/5fb2a7ee94d1c5684d5f32af11572e8c10cd2f8c…1fbbdc8f908e6eba779b4ea0de1cbfd20e156c3a

The SMCWG Chair or Vice-Chair is permitted to update the Relevant Dates and Version Number of the S/MIME Baseline Requirements to reflect final dates.

— MOTION ENDS —

This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

Discussion (7 days)

Start Time: Wednesday January 3, 2024 18:00 UTC

End Time: not before Wednesday January 10, 2024 18:00 UTC

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