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Associate Members

The CA/Browser Forum enters into liaison / associate member relationships with a number of organizations who have been determined will work collaboratively with the Forum. These include the CPA Canada WebTrust Task Force, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), tScheme, the U.S. Federal PKI, and CAs applying for membership, but not fully qualified.

Participation as an Associate Member is by invitation only.

Current Associate Members include:

ACAB Council
CertiPath
CPA Canada/WebTrust
DarkMatter
ETSI
Keyfactor
tScheme
US Federal PKI Management Authority
Zone Media

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