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Ballot SC-73: Compromised and weak keys
June 7, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 23 votes total, with no abstentions: 23 Issuers voting YES: Actalis, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, CommScope, D-TRUST, Disig, Entrust, Fastly, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA, VikingCloud 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 1 votes total, with no abstentions: 1 Consumers voting YES: Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.
2024-06-06 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
June 6, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraAttendance Aaron Gable - (Let’s Encrypt), Aaron Poulsen - (Amazon), Abdul Hakeem Putra - (MSC Trustgate Sdn Bhd), Adam Jones - (Microsoft), Andrea Holland - (VikingCloud), Ben Wilson - (Mozilla), Brianca Martin - (Amazon), Chad Dandar - (Cisco Systems), Chris Clements - (Google), Clint Wilson - (Apple), Corey Bonnell - (DigiCert), Corey Rasmussen - (OATI), Dean Coclin - (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos - (HARICA), Doug Beattie - (GlobalSign), Dustin Hollenback - (Microsoft), Enrico Entschew - (D-TRUST), Gregory Tomko - (GlobalSign), Inaba Atsushi - (GlobalSign), Jaime Hablutzel - (OISTE Foundation), Janet Hines - (VikingCloud), Jos Purvis - (Fastly), Mads Henriksveen - (Buypass AS), Mahua Chaudhuri - (Microsoft), Marco Schambach - (IdenTrust), Martijn Katerbarg - (Sectigo), Michelle Coon - (OATI), Nate Smith - (GoDaddy), Nicol So - (CommScope), Nome Huang - (TrustAsia), Paul van Brouwershaven - (Entrust), Pedro Fuentes - (OISTE Foundation), Peter Miskovic - (Disig), Rebecca Kelly - (SSL.
Ballot CSC-24 - Timestamping Private Key Protection
May 29, 2024 by Corey BonnellResults of Voting Yes No Abstain Certificate Issuers DigiCert, Entrust, Globalsign, HARICA, IdenTrust, Sectigo Certificate Consumers There were not enough Certificate Consumer votes to pass the ballot. Therefore, the ballot FAILS. Purpose of the Ballot This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.7 in order to clarify language regarding Timestamp Authority Private Key Protection. The main goals of this ballot are to:
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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).