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2015-08-20 Minutes
August 20, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of August 20, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Cecilia Kam, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Sakib (Microsoft), Stephen Davidson, Tim Shirley, Tim Hollebeek, Tyler Myers, Vicky (CNNIC), Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call completed Review Agenda: No items added Approve minutes of August 6, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved.
August 20, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of August 20, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Cecilia Kam, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Li-Chun Chen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Sakib (Microsoft), Stephen Davidson, Tim Shirley, Tim Hollebeek, Tyler Myers, Vicky (CNNIC), Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call completed Review Agenda: No items added Approve minutes of August 6, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved.
Forum Releases Final Code Signing Baseline Requirements for Vote
August 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonThe Code Signing Working Group of the CA/Browser Forum announces the ballot of the final draft of the Code Signing Baseline Requirements. This version takes into account comments received in the first and second rounds of public review, comments from WebTrust auditors, and an additional three months of editing by the Working Group. Code Signing Requirements 2015-11-19 This is ballot 158 which begins on December 3, 2015 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair
August 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonThe Code Signing Working Group of the CA/Browser Forum announces the ballot of the final draft of the Code Signing Baseline Requirements. This version takes into account comments received in the first and second rounds of public review, comments from WebTrust auditors, and an additional three months of editing by the Working Group. Code Signing Requirements 2015-11-19 This is ballot 158 which begins on December 3, 2015 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair
2015-08-06 Minutes
August 6, 2015 by Ben WilsonFinal Minutes August 6, 2015 Attendees: An Ying (CNNIC), Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Christy McKinley, Dean Coclin, Charlotte Yan (CNNIC), Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, , Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Marcelo Silva, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Sisel Hoel, Tim Shirley, Tim Hollebeek, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call completed Review Agenda: No items added
August 6, 2015 by Ben WilsonFinal Minutes August 6, 2015 Attendees: An Ying (CNNIC), Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Christy McKinley, Dean Coclin, Charlotte Yan (CNNIC), Doug Beattie, Eddy Nigg, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, , Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Marcelo Silva, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Sisel Hoel, Tim Shirley, Tim Hollebeek, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call completed Review Agenda: No items added
2015-07-23 Minutes
July 23, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes July 23, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Stephen Davidson, Tim Hollebeek, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call Review Agenda: Ben asked to add “github” as a topic. Approve minutes of July 9, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved. Approve minutes of Zurich F2F meeting.
July 23, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes July 23, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Dean Coclin, Dimitris Zacharopoulos, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Stephen Davidson, Tim Hollebeek, Wayne Thayer Antitrust statement was read by Dean Roll Call Review Agenda: Ben asked to add “github” as a topic. Approve minutes of July 9, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved. Approve minutes of Zurich F2F meeting.
Ballot 149 – Membership Criteria Clarification
July 10, 2015 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 149 (Membership criteria clarification) has closed. The Forum received 17 YES votes from CA members: Buypass, Chungwa Telecom, Disig, Entrust, Globalsign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, Visa and WoSign and 3 YES votes from Browser members: Google, Opera and Mozilla. Three Abstain votes were received from CA members Actalis, ANF, OATI. There were 0 NO votes. Therefore the ballot passes.
July 10, 2015 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 149 (Membership criteria clarification) has closed. The Forum received 17 YES votes from CA members: Buypass, Chungwa Telecom, Disig, Entrust, Globalsign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, Visa and WoSign and 3 YES votes from Browser members: Google, Opera and Mozilla. Three Abstain votes were received from CA members Actalis, ANF, OATI. There were 0 NO votes. Therefore the ballot passes.
2015-07-09 Minutes
July 9, 2015 by Ben WilsonApproved Minutes July 9, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Burak Kalkan, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Doug Beattie, Gerv Markham, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Tim Hollebeek, Tim Shirley, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer, Marcelo Silva, Dimitris Zacharopoulos Antitrust statement was read by Robin Alden Roll Call Review Agenda: No changes to agenda Approve minutes of June 11, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved.
July 9, 2015 by Ben WilsonApproved Minutes July 9, 2015 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Billy VanCannon, Bruce Morton, Burak Kalkan, Davut Tokgoz, Dean Coclin, Doug Beattie, Gerv Markham, Jody Cloutier, Kirk Hall, Mads Henriksveen, Mat Caughron, Patrick Tonnier, Peter Miscovic, Rick Andrews, Robin Alden, Tim Hollebeek, Tim Shirley, Volkan Nergiz, Wayne Thayer, Marcelo Silva, Dimitris Zacharopoulos Antitrust statement was read by Robin Alden Roll Call Review Agenda: No changes to agenda Approve minutes of June 11, 2015 meeting: Minutes approved.
Ballot 147 – Attorney Accountant Letter Changes
June 25, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 147 – Attorney-Accountant Letter Changes Voting on Ballot 147 has closed. Here are the results: From CA’s, we received 15 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 ABSTAIN votes From Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 ABSTAIN votes The quorum has been met and the ballot passes. Reason for Ballot This is a validation working group final product that will amend the EV Guidelines to permit verification of legal existence through an attorney/accountant opinion letter.
June 25, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 147 – Attorney-Accountant Letter Changes Voting on Ballot 147 has closed. Here are the results: From CA’s, we received 15 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 ABSTAIN votes From Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 ABSTAIN votes The quorum has been met and the ballot passes. Reason for Ballot This is a validation working group final product that will amend the EV Guidelines to permit verification of legal existence through an attorney/accountant opinion letter.
Minutes of the F2F 35 Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, 23-25 June 2015
June 24, 2015 by Ben WilsonMeeting 35 Minutes Day 1 Wednesday, 24 June 2015 CNNIC application A discussion on the CNNIC application for membership in the CA/B Forum took place. Although it appears their application is complete, two questions arose: 1. They don’t appear to be licensed in China (BRs requires that a CA be licensed in the country they do business if a licensing scheme is in place) and 2. they appear to be a registrar for a TLD as well as a CA.
June 24, 2015 by Ben WilsonMeeting 35 Minutes Day 1 Wednesday, 24 June 2015 CNNIC application A discussion on the CNNIC application for membership in the CA/B Forum took place. Although it appears their application is complete, two questions arose: 1. They don’t appear to be licensed in China (BRs requires that a CA be licensed in the country they do business if a licensing scheme is in place) and 2. they appear to be a registrar for a TLD as well as a CA.
2015-06-11 Minutes
June 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of Teleconference – 11 June 2015 Read Antitrust Statement. The Statement was read. Roll Call: Attendees: Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Cecilia Kam (Symantec), Christie McKinley, Microsoft,, Connie Enke, SwissSign, Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Kubra Zaray, Turktrust, Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Mat Caughron (Apple), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sissel Hoel, Buypass, Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Volkan Nergiz (TurkTrust), and Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).
June 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonMinutes of Teleconference – 11 June 2015 Read Antitrust Statement. The Statement was read. Roll Call: Attendees: Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Cecilia Kam (Symantec), Christie McKinley, Microsoft,, Connie Enke, SwissSign, Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Kubra Zaray, Turktrust, Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Mat Caughron (Apple), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sissel Hoel, Buypass, Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Volkan Nergiz (TurkTrust), and Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).