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Posts by author Ben Wilson
Ballots 154 and 155 – Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub
November 18, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallots 154 and 155 – Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub Ballot 154 and 155, Convert documents to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub, closed on November 17th 2015. The Chair received 24 votes from CAs in which 24 were in favor, 0 against and 02 abstentions and 02 votes from Browsers in which 02 were in favor, 0 against and 0 abstention. Therefore, the ballot passes. The Certificate Policy Review Working Group was chartered by Ballot 128 to (i) consider existing and proposed standards, (ii) create a list of potential improvements based on the considered standards that improve the existing CAB Forum work product, (iii) evaluate the transition to a 3647 format based on the amount of work involved.
November 18, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallots 154 and 155 – Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub Ballot 154 and 155, Convert documents to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub, closed on November 17th 2015. The Chair received 24 votes from CAs in which 24 were in favor, 0 against and 02 abstentions and 02 votes from Browsers in which 02 were in favor, 0 against and 0 abstention. Therefore, the ballot passes. The Certificate Policy Review Working Group was chartered by Ballot 128 to (i) consider existing and proposed standards, (ii) create a list of potential improvements based on the considered standards that improve the existing CAB Forum work product, (iii) evaluate the transition to a 3647 format based on the amount of work involved.
Ballot 155 – Convert Network and Certificate System Security Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub
November 15, 2015 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
November 15, 2015 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
2015-11-12 Minutes
November 12, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – November 12, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Atilla Biller, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Connie Enke, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gervase Markham, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Neil Dunbar, Patrick Tronnier, Tim Hollebeek, Tim Shirley, Tyler Myers, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust Statement Read Roll Call completed Agenda Reviewed. Minutes of 29 October meeting: The minutes were approved and will be publicized.
November 12, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – November 12, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Atilla Biller, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Connie Enke, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gervase Markham, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Neil Dunbar, Patrick Tronnier, Tim Hollebeek, Tim Shirley, Tyler Myers, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust Statement Read Roll Call completed Agenda Reviewed. Minutes of 29 October meeting: The minutes were approved and will be publicized.
Ballot 153 – Short-Lived Certificates
November 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 153 – Short-Lived Certificates Ballot 153, Short-Lived Certificates revision, closed on November 10th 2015. The Chair received 26 votes from CAs in which 04 were in favor, 17 against and 05 abstentions and 05 votes from Browsers in which 04 were in favor, 01 against and 0 abstention. Therefore the ballot fails. The following motion has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Gervase Markham of Mozilla.
November 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 153 – Short-Lived Certificates Ballot 153, Short-Lived Certificates revision, closed on November 10th 2015. The Chair received 26 votes from CAs in which 04 were in favor, 17 against and 05 abstentions and 05 votes from Browsers in which 04 were in favor, 01 against and 0 abstention. Therefore the ballot fails. The following motion has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Gervase Markham of Mozilla.
2015-10-29 Minutes
October 29, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – October 29, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Cecilia Kam, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gervase Markham, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Mads Hernriksveen, Marcelo Silva, Peter Miskovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Sissel Hoel, Stephen Davidson, Tim Shirley, Tyler Myers, Wayne Thayer, Wendy Brown, Neil Dunbar Antitrust Statement Read Roll Call completed Agenda Reviewed. Guest from AT&T could not join this time.
October 29, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – October 29, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Cecilia Kam, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gervase Markham, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Mads Hernriksveen, Marcelo Silva, Peter Miskovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Sissel Hoel, Stephen Davidson, Tim Shirley, Tyler Myers, Wayne Thayer, Wendy Brown, Neil Dunbar Antitrust Statement Read Roll Call completed Agenda Reviewed. Guest from AT&T could not join this time.
Minutes of the F2F 36 Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 7-8 October 2015
October 7, 2015 by Ben WilsonDay 1 – Wednesday, October 7Working Group Reports Validation Working Group Note Taker: Doug The Validation WG is working on 3 items: The Domain Validation proposal is in-process and is ready to move ahead with the goal of removing option 7 (any other method) and adding all supported domain validation methods. The one blocking factor is to obtain and understand any patents in this area, and the Patent Advisory WG is working on this.
October 7, 2015 by Ben WilsonDay 1 – Wednesday, October 7Working Group Reports Validation Working Group Note Taker: Doug The Validation WG is working on 3 items: The Domain Validation proposal is in-process and is ready to move ahead with the goal of removing option 7 (any other method) and adding all supported domain validation methods. The one blocking factor is to obtain and understand any patents in this area, and the Patent Advisory WG is working on this.
Ballot 151 – Addition of Optional OIDs for Indicating Level of Validation
September 28, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 151 – Addition of Optional OIDs for Indicating Level of Validation Ballot 151, OID revisions, closed on September 28th 2015. The Chair received 22 votes from CAs in which 19 were in favor, 0 against and 3 abstentions and 3 votes from Browsers in which 2 were in favor, 0 against and 1 abstention. Therefore the ballot passes. The following motion has been proposed by Dean Coclin of Symantec and endorsed by Jeremy Rowley of Digicert and Kirk Hall of Trend Micro.
September 28, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 151 – Addition of Optional OIDs for Indicating Level of Validation Ballot 151, OID revisions, closed on September 28th 2015. The Chair received 22 votes from CAs in which 19 were in favor, 0 against and 3 abstentions and 3 votes from Browsers in which 2 were in favor, 0 against and 1 abstention. Therefore the ballot passes. The following motion has been proposed by Dean Coclin of Symantec and endorsed by Jeremy Rowley of Digicert and Kirk Hall of Trend Micro.
2015-09-17 Minutes
September 17, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – September 17, 2015 Attendees: Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Burak Kalkan, Cecilia Kam, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Jeremy Rowley, Jody Cloutier, Li-Chun Chen, Marcelo Silva, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Tyler Myers, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer, Vicky (CNNIC), Sakeeb (Microsoft) Antitrust statement read by Dean Roll call completed. Attendees listed above Agenda reviewed Minutes of 3 Sept 2015 reviewed and approved.
September 17, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of CA/B Forum Teleconference – September 17, 2015 Attendees: Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Burak Kalkan, Cecilia Kam, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Doug Beattie, Jeremy Rowley, Jody Cloutier, Li-Chun Chen, Marcelo Silva, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Tyler Myers, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer, Vicky (CNNIC), Sakeeb (Microsoft) Antitrust statement read by Dean Roll call completed. Attendees listed above Agenda reviewed Minutes of 3 Sept 2015 reviewed and approved.
2015-09-03 Minutes
September 3, 2015 by Ben WilsonCA-Browser Forum teleconference call, Sept. 3, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Atilla Biler (TurkTrust), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Burak Kalkan (TurkTrust), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Kubra Zaray, Turktrust, Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Mat Caughron (Apple), Patrick Tonnier (OATI), Peter Miscovic, (Disig), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Stephen Davidson (QuoVadis), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Volkan Nergiz (TurkTrust), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy)
September 3, 2015 by Ben WilsonCA-Browser Forum teleconference call, Sept. 3, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Atilla Biler (TurkTrust), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Burak Kalkan (TurkTrust), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Kubra Zaray, Turktrust, Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Mat Caughron (Apple), Patrick Tonnier (OATI), Peter Miscovic, (Disig), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Stephen Davidson (QuoVadis), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Volkan Nergiz (TurkTrust), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy)