2026-04-23 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
Minutes:
Begin Recording - Roll Call
Recording started
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Dimitris read the note-well
Review of Agenda
No changes
Approval of Minutes
- February 26, 2026 minutes approved without objection
- F2F#67 March 10, 2026 minutes also approved
Membership applications
Cigan Joseph, Interested Party - approved
Nova Vanguard Technology Corporation, Interested party - approved
Wayne Thayer will contact and inform the applicants of their acceptance.
Ballot Status
Current status of Ballots:
- SC098 (RFC 8657 CAA parameters): In discussion period; awaiting Wayne’s review of comments from Fastly representative Shiloh Heurich
- SC099 (Improved recording of validation method): Completed; IPR review ends May 18, 2026
- SC87 (EV registration number improvement): Waiting for EV guidelines cleanup ballot to exit IPR (ends May 2)
- SC101 (Clarify authorization domain names): Ready for pre-discussion period; Aaron delayed due to workload
- Certificate problem reports ballot (Martijn): In progress; awaiting second endorser and addressing questions from Rich/Dimitris
- MLDSA keys ballot: Google Trust Services (Gurleen) submitted a pull request; will collaborate with Corey’s October 2024 proposal on post-quantum algorithms
GitHub open issues
- Closed ~20-30 cleanup issues linked to last cleanup ballot
- Current status: 67 open issues in total; only 7 tagged as cleanup
- Members encouraged to triage, add context, and take ownership of remaining issues
Other Business
- Ballot number reservation procedure: Dimitris to draft wiki documentation on new process allowing reservation with written proposals and share with management list
- Unknown Pull Request (E3NO) - Gurleen’s colleague from Google Trust Services
Adjourn
Next meeting: May 7, 2026
Attendees
Aaron Gable (ISRG), Adam Folsom (IdenTrust), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Atsushi INABA (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Benjamin (ChungHwa Telecom), Chris Clements (Google Chrome), Clint Wilson (Apple), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Daryn Wright (Apple), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Dustin Hollenback (Apple), Enrico Entschew (D-Trust), Greg Tomko (GlobalSign), Gurleen Grewal (GTS), Hazhar Ismail (MSC Trustgate), Hogeun Yoo (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Jaime Hablutzel (WISekey), Janet Hines (SSL.com), Jeff Ward (Aprio), Johnny Reading (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Fastly), Jun Okura (Cybertrust), Karolina Ruszczynska (Certum), Kateryna Aleksieieva (Certum by Asseco), Lilia Dubko (CPA Canada), Lucy Buecking (IdenTrust), Luis Osses (Amazon Trust Services), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Matthew McPherrin (ISRG), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), ONO Fumiaki (SECOM), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rob White (GoDaddy), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer (SwissSign), Sándor Szöke (Microsec), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Sean Huang (TWCA), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Tadahiko ITO (SECOM), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tim Callan (Sectigo), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon Trust Services), Tsung-Min Kuo (Chunghwa Telecom), Wayne Thayer (Fastly).