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Ballot FORUM-037 – Adopt IPR Policy v. 1.4 and Associated Documents

Ballot FORUM-037 - Adopt IPR Policy v. 1.4 and Associated Documents

Voting Results

The voting period for Forum-037 Adopt IPR Policy v1.4 and Associated Documents has completed. The ballot has: PASSED

Certificate Issuers

21 votes in total:

  • 21 voting YES: Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum), Cybertrust Japan, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Fastly, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Japan Registry Services, MSC Trustgate Sdn Bhd, NAVER Cloud Trust Services, OISTE Foundation, SECOM Trust Systems, Sectigo, SHECA, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, Visa

  • 0 voting NO:

  • 0 ABSTAIN:

Certificate Consumers

3 votes in total:

  • 3 voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla

  • 0 voting NO:

  • 0 ABSTAIN:

Bylaws Requirements

  1. Bylaw 2.3(6) requires:
  • 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 favor 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 favor of the ballot. This requirement was MET.

  • At least one (1) Voting Member in each category must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was MET.

  1. Bylaw 2.3(7) requires:
  • A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Voting Members has participated. The number of currently active Voting Members is the average number of Voting Member organizations that have participated in the previous three (3) Forum Meetings and Forum Teleconferences.

  • the quorum was 16 for this ballot. This requirement was MET.

This ballot will not have an IP review period.

Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC098: Process RFC 8657 CAA Parameters - Jun 16, 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
v1.0.15 - Ballot SMC017v2 - Jul 30, 2026

This ballot increases the minimum RSA key size for Root and Subordinate CA certificates in the S/MIME BRs from 2048 to 4096 bits for keys created after September 15, 2026, while retaining the 2048-bit minimum for Subscriber certificates. The ballot further requires that by September 15, 2027, CAs SHALL NOT issue Subscriber certificates from any Sub-CA whose RSA key modulus is less than 3072 bits, effectively sunsetting issuance from legacy 2048-bit Sub-CAs. The ballot also includes minor typographic corrections. This ballot is proposed by Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo) and endorsed by Ben Wilson (Mozilla) and Stephen Davidson (DigiCert)

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

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