Ballot SC-70: Clarify the use of DTPs for Domain Control Validation
Voting Results
Certificate Issuers
28 votes total, with no abstentions: • 28 Issuers voting YES: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, CommScope, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Izenpe, JPRS, Kamu SM, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign,Telia Company, Viking Cloud • 0 Issuers voting NO • 0 Issuers ABSTAIN
Certificate Consumers
4 votes total, with no abstentions:
- 4 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera
- 0 Consumers voting NO
- 0 Consumers ABSTAIN
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In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET. at least fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Consumer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET. At least one (1) Voting Member in each category must vote in favour of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was MET.
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Summary of Review
Ballot for Review: Ballot SC-70: Clarify the use of DTPs for Domain Control Validation
Start of Review Period: 23 February 2024 at 18:00 Eastern Time
End of Review Period: 23 March 2024 at 18:00 Eastern Time
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Ballot Contents
Purpose of the Ballot
This ballot aims to clarify the existing language around the use of delegated third-parties during domain and IP address control validation. It leaves the existing language in place, and adds specifics for the cases of DNS queries, WHOIS lookups, and contact with the Domain Name Registrat or IP Address Registration Authority.
Additionally, it places these same restrictions on CAA checking, with an effective date of 2024-05-15.
This ballot is proposed by Aaron Gable (ISRG / Let’s Encrypt) and endorsed by Mads Henriksveen (Buypass) and Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA).
Motion begins
This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”) based on Version 2.0.2
MODIFY the TLS Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:
Motion ends
The procedure for this ballot is as follows:
| Start time (22:30 UTC) | End time (22:30 UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion (at least 7 days) | 2024-02-02 | 2024-02-12 |
| Expected Vote for approval (7 days) | 2024-02-12 | 2024-02-19 |