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Posts by author Ben Wilson
Ballot 116 – Bylaw Amendment for Associate Member Category(passed)
March 24, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 116 – Associate Member Category Yea: ANF, Certinomis, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Izenpe, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM Trust, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, WoSign, Microsoft, and Mozilla Nay: None Abstain: None Results: Ballot passed Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and Dean Coclin from Symantec and Ryan Sleevi from Google endorsed it: Motion Begins In order to reconcile the CA/Browser Forum’s Bylaws with its current operational practices, including the recognition of Associate Members and the use of a single IPR Agreement with Interested Parties and the absence of a Participation Agreement, the following amendments should be made to the Bylaws:
March 24, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 116 – Associate Member Category Yea: ANF, Certinomis, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Izenpe, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM Trust, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, WoSign, Microsoft, and Mozilla Nay: None Abstain: None Results: Ballot passed Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and Dean Coclin from Symantec and Ryan Sleevi from Google endorsed it: Motion Begins In order to reconcile the CA/Browser Forum’s Bylaws with its current operational practices, including the recognition of Associate Members and the use of a single IPR Agreement with Interested Parties and the absence of a Participation Agreement, the following amendments should be made to the Bylaws:
2014-03-20 Minutes
March 20, 2014 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting, CAB Forum, 20 March 2014, Version 1 1. Antitrust Statement was read. 2. Agenda reviewed. 3. Present: Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Phill Hallam-Baker, Jeremy Rowley, Atsushi Inaba, Ryan Sleevi, Eddy Nigg, Geoff Keating, Dean Coclin, Kirk Hall, Robin Alden, Gerv Markham, Moudrick Dadashov, Rick Andrews 4. Minutes of 30-Jan-2014 and 6-Mar-2014 were approved. 5. Ballot review: Current tally of votes on Ballots 116 (revise bylaws for Associate Members); 117 (EV Code Signing fixes); and 119 (remove “ofIncorporation”) is available on Google spreadsheet.
March 20, 2014 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting, CAB Forum, 20 March 2014, Version 1 1. Antitrust Statement was read. 2. Agenda reviewed. 3. Present: Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Phill Hallam-Baker, Jeremy Rowley, Atsushi Inaba, Ryan Sleevi, Eddy Nigg, Geoff Keating, Dean Coclin, Kirk Hall, Robin Alden, Gerv Markham, Moudrick Dadashov, Rick Andrews 4. Minutes of 30-Jan-2014 and 6-Mar-2014 were approved. 5. Ballot review: Current tally of votes on Ballots 116 (revise bylaws for Associate Members); 117 (EV Code Signing fixes); and 119 (remove “ofIncorporation”) is available on Google spreadsheet.
2014-03-06 Minutes
March 6, 2014 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting, CAB Forum, 6 March 2014, Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Adam Clark, Ryan Sleevi, Atilla Biler, Doug Beattie, Marcelo Silva, Dean Coclin, Eddy Nigg, Kirk Hall, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, 2. Antitrust Statement and Agenda Review: Ben read the Antitrust Statement and reviewed the agenda. New member applications were briefly reviewed. Mat Caughron has been added as a representative of Apple. Adam Clark and Marcelo Silva have joined as representatives of Visa.
March 6, 2014 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting, CAB Forum, 6 March 2014, Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Adam Clark, Ryan Sleevi, Atilla Biler, Doug Beattie, Marcelo Silva, Dean Coclin, Eddy Nigg, Kirk Hall, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, 2. Antitrust Statement and Agenda Review: Ben read the Antitrust Statement and reviewed the agenda. New member applications were briefly reviewed. Mat Caughron has been added as a representative of Apple. Adam Clark and Marcelo Silva have joined as representatives of Visa.
Minutes of the F2F 31 Meeting in Mountain View, California, 18-20 February 2014
February 19, 2014 by Ben WilsonMeeting 31 Minutes – Mountain View Face-to-Face The antitrust statement was read. Present: Eneli Kirme, Robin Alden, Don Sheehy, Jeremy Rowley, Ben Wilson, Arno Fielder, Doug Beattie, Wayne Thayer, Joanna Fox, Ryan Sleevi, (Ben Laurie and Eran Messeri by phone), Francisco Arias, Tomofumi Okubo, Iñigo Barreira, Tom Albertson, Sid Stamm, Stephen Davidson (by phone), Moudrick Dadashov, Cornelia Enke, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Kirk Hall, Chris Bailey, Imren Altepe, Jeffrey Ward, Richard Wang, Robert Relyea, Brian Smith, (working group meeting – Cecilia Kam, Tony Penta, Wan-Teh Chang)
February 19, 2014 by Ben WilsonMeeting 31 Minutes – Mountain View Face-to-Face The antitrust statement was read. Present: Eneli Kirme, Robin Alden, Don Sheehy, Jeremy Rowley, Ben Wilson, Arno Fielder, Doug Beattie, Wayne Thayer, Joanna Fox, Ryan Sleevi, (Ben Laurie and Eran Messeri by phone), Francisco Arias, Tomofumi Okubo, Iñigo Barreira, Tom Albertson, Sid Stamm, Stephen Davidson (by phone), Moudrick Dadashov, Cornelia Enke, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Kirk Hall, Chris Bailey, Imren Altepe, Jeffrey Ward, Richard Wang, Robert Relyea, Brian Smith, (working group meeting – Cecilia Kam, Tony Penta, Wan-Teh Chang)
Ballot 110 – Motion to Adopt Version 1.1 of the Bylaws(failed)
February 6, 2014 by Ben WilsonWith 6 “yes” votes from CAs (Digicert, Symantec, TrendMicro, Disig, GlobalSign, and SECOM) and 2 “no” votes from Browsers (Mozilla and Google), Ballot 110 made quorum but did not pass. On 22 January 2014, Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, endorsed by Robin Alden of Comodo and Dean Coclin of Symantec: –Motion Begins– Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum adopts the attached CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v.
February 6, 2014 by Ben WilsonWith 6 “yes” votes from CAs (Digicert, Symantec, TrendMicro, Disig, GlobalSign, and SECOM) and 2 “no” votes from Browsers (Mozilla and Google), Ballot 110 made quorum but did not pass. On 22 January 2014, Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, endorsed by Robin Alden of Comodo and Dean Coclin of Symantec: –Motion Begins– Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum adopts the attached CA-Browser Forum Bylaws v.
2014-01-30 Minutes
January 30, 2014 by Ben WilsonMINUTES OF CA/BROWSER FORUM 30 JANUARY 2014 Dean Coclin read the antitrust statement at the bottom of the agenda. 1. Roll Call: Dean Coclin, Eran Messeri, Rick Andrews, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Doug Beattie, Eneli Kirme, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Gerv Markham, Imren Altepe, Robin Alden, Atsushi Inaba, Ryan Sleevi, Tom Albertson, Rich Smith, Ben Wilson, Wayne Thayer 2. Agenda Review: Dean reviewed the agenda and no changes were made.
January 30, 2014 by Ben WilsonMINUTES OF CA/BROWSER FORUM 30 JANUARY 2014 Dean Coclin read the antitrust statement at the bottom of the agenda. 1. Roll Call: Dean Coclin, Eran Messeri, Rick Andrews, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Doug Beattie, Eneli Kirme, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Gerv Markham, Imren Altepe, Robin Alden, Atsushi Inaba, Ryan Sleevi, Tom Albertson, Rich Smith, Ben Wilson, Wayne Thayer 2. Agenda Review: Dean reviewed the agenda and no changes were made.
Ballot 114 – Improvements to the EV Definitions(passed)
January 28, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 114 closed on 28 January 2014 with votes cast as follows: Yes: ANF, Buypass, CERTUM, Comodo, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Logius PKIoverheid, QuoVadis, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, TURKTRUST and Mozilla. No: None. Abstain: None. Result: Ballot passes Cecilia Kam from Symantec made the following motion, and Jeremy Rowley from DigiCert and Kirk Hall from Trend Micro endorsed it. This proposal clarifies the definition of Business Entities, Private Organizations, and Incorporating Agencies.
January 28, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 114 closed on 28 January 2014 with votes cast as follows: Yes: ANF, Buypass, CERTUM, Comodo, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Logius PKIoverheid, QuoVadis, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, TURKTRUST and Mozilla. No: None. Abstain: None. Result: Ballot passes Cecilia Kam from Symantec made the following motion, and Jeremy Rowley from DigiCert and Kirk Hall from Trend Micro endorsed it. This proposal clarifies the definition of Business Entities, Private Organizations, and Incorporating Agencies.
Ballot 115 – Invited Guest to Meeting 31
January 23, 2014 by Ben WilsonMotion by Ben Wilson Endorsed by Symantec and Trend Micro on 1/22/2014 Pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Bylaws, “other persons” may be invited by the Chair in the Chair’s discretion to participate in a CA/Browser Forum Meeting based on a person’s relevant expertise. In light of recent discussion and the proposed Ballot 110, which if endorsed will not complete voting until 6 February 2014, I am proposing that we invite Bruce Morton of Entrust as our Invited Guest during the working group and F2F Meeting 31 from 18-20 February 2014 and that we waive the IPR Agreement requirement for purposes of such invitation.
January 23, 2014 by Ben WilsonMotion by Ben Wilson Endorsed by Symantec and Trend Micro on 1/22/2014 Pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Bylaws, “other persons” may be invited by the Chair in the Chair’s discretion to participate in a CA/Browser Forum Meeting based on a person’s relevant expertise. In light of recent discussion and the proposed Ballot 110, which if endorsed will not complete voting until 6 February 2014, I am proposing that we invite Bruce Morton of Entrust as our Invited Guest during the working group and F2F Meeting 31 from 18-20 February 2014 and that we waive the IPR Agreement requirement for purposes of such invitation.
Ballot 89 – Publish Recommendations for the Processing of EV SSL Certificates v.2(passes)
January 17, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 89 closed. Ten voted in favor – Buypass, Comodo, D-TRUST, DigiCert, GoDaddy, Izenpe, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, and Opera. Mozilla abstained. There were none opposed. Therefore, Ballot 89 passes. Motion Rick Andrews made the following motion, and Ben Wilson and Kirk Hall endorsed it: Motion begins The CA/Browser Forum authorizes the publication of “Recommendations for the Processing of Extended Validation SSL Certificates, v. 2.0” (available here: Recommendations for the Processing of EV SSL Certificates.
January 17, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 89 closed. Ten voted in favor – Buypass, Comodo, D-TRUST, DigiCert, GoDaddy, Izenpe, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, and Opera. Mozilla abstained. There were none opposed. Therefore, Ballot 89 passes. Motion Rick Andrews made the following motion, and Ben Wilson and Kirk Hall endorsed it: Motion begins The CA/Browser Forum authorizes the publication of “Recommendations for the Processing of Extended Validation SSL Certificates, v. 2.0” (available here: Recommendations for the Processing of EV SSL Certificates.
Ballot 113 – Revision to QIIS in EV Guidelines(passes)
January 13, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 113 – Revision to QIIS in EV Guidelines Voting ended on 13 January 2014. Quorum was 6 and 21 votes were cast-20 by CAs and 1 by Browsers. Twenty votes were in favor of the amendment. Izenpe abstained. Therefore, the ballot passes. The following proposal comes from EV working group. Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Rich Smith and Kirk Hall have endorsed it. This ballot proposes a replacement to Section 11.
January 13, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 113 – Revision to QIIS in EV Guidelines Voting ended on 13 January 2014. Quorum was 6 and 21 votes were cast-20 by CAs and 1 by Browsers. Twenty votes were in favor of the amendment. Izenpe abstained. Therefore, the ballot passes. The following proposal comes from EV working group. Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Rich Smith and Kirk Hall have endorsed it. This ballot proposes a replacement to Section 11.