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The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).

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Recent posts

Ballot SMC014: DNSSEC for CAA
August 15, 2025 by Stephen Davidsoon
Ballot S/MIME
Ballot SMC014: DNSSEC for CAASummary: New version of the ballot text with minor text changes, restarting discussion period.
Ballot SC-089: Mass Revocation Planning
July 22, 2025 by Wayne Thayer
Ballot Server Certificates
Voting Results Certificate Issuers 30 votes in total:
2025-07-10 Minutes of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group
July 10, 2025 by
Code Signing Minutes
Code Signing Certificate Working Group Meeting Minutes – July 10th, 2025Note Well The Note Well was read.
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Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC-089: Mass Revocation Planning - Aug 26, 2025

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
v1.0.11 - Ballot SMC013 - Aug 22, 2025

This ballot introduces specifications for the use of two post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms, as standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in the S/MIME BR.

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

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The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).