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Ballot SMC08: Deprecate Legacy Generation Profiles and Minor Updates
July 15, 2024 by Stephen DavidsonBallot SMC08: Deprecate Legacy Generation Profiles and Minor Updates Summary: The S/MIME Baseline Requirements include a set of Legacy profiles designed to ease the transition into an audited framework, with the expectation that those Legacy profiles would be deprecated. This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates: Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.
July 15, 2024 by Stephen DavidsonBallot SMC08: Deprecate Legacy Generation Profiles and Minor Updates Summary: The S/MIME Baseline Requirements include a set of Legacy profiles designed to ease the transition into an audited framework, with the expectation that those Legacy profiles would be deprecated. This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates: Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.
Ballots CSC-25 and CSC-26
July 1, 2024 by Corey BonnellNOTICE OF REVIEW PERIOD CSC-25 This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice is available here. Summary of Review Ballot for Review: Ballot CSC-25 Start of Review Period: July 1st, 2024 at 2:00 PM UTC End of Review Period: August 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM UTC
July 1, 2024 by Corey BonnellNOTICE OF REVIEW PERIOD CSC-25 This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice is available here. Summary of Review Ballot for Review: Ballot CSC-25 Start of Review Period: July 1st, 2024 at 2:00 PM UTC End of Review Period: August 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM UTC
Ballot SC-75 - Pre-sign linting
June 27, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraResults of Voting Certificate Issuers 25 votes total, with no abstentions: • 25 Issuers voting YES: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Fastly, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, IdenTrust, iTrusChina, JPRS, Kamu SM, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, VikingCloud • 0 Issuers voting NO • 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 3 votes total, with no abstentions: • 3 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla
More posts of the CA/Browser ForumJune 27, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraResults of Voting Certificate Issuers 25 votes total, with no abstentions: • 25 Issuers voting YES: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Fastly, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, IdenTrust, iTrusChina, JPRS, Kamu SM, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, VikingCloud • 0 Issuers voting NO • 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 3 votes total, with no abstentions: • 3 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla