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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-76v2: Clarify and improve OCSP requirements
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo Barreira
Ballot Server Certificates
Voting Results Certificate Issuers 20 votes total, with no abstentions:
Ballot SC-79v2: Allow more than one Certificate Policy in a Cross-Certified Subordinate CA Certificate
October 14, 2024 by Iñigo Barreira
Ballot Server Certificates
Voting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions:
Ballot SMC09 Pre-Linting, WebTrust for NetSec, and Minor Updates
October 9, 2024 by Stephen Davidson
Ballot S/MIME
IPR Review of Ballot SMC09: Pre-Linting, WebTrust for NetSec, and Minor Updates This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This 30-day Review Period is for the Final Maintenance Guideline that is attached to this Review Notice. Ballot for Review: Ballot SMC09, redline at https://cabforum.org/posts/2024/2024-10-23-SMCWG-ballot-SMC09/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.7-Redline.pdf
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Latest releases
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
v1.0.6 - Ballot SMC08 - Aug 29, 2024

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 2.0.5 of the TLS Baseline Requirements while the ballot activity for multi-perspective validation is concluded, and the SMCWG determines its corresponding course of action; Updates the reference for SmtpUTF8Mailbox from RFC 8398 to RFC 9598; and Small text corrections in the Reference section

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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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).