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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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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.
2025-07-02 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
July 2, 2025 by
Minutes S/MIME
Minutes of SMCWG July 2, 2025 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
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Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC085v2: Require Validation of DNSSEC (when present) for CAA and DCV Lookups - Jul 21, 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
v1.0.10 - Ballot SMC012 - Jul 2, 2025

Introduces a new method for validation of mailbox control, using ACME for S/MIME as defined in RFC 8823: Extensions to Automatic Certificate Management Environment for End-User S/MIME Certificates.

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).