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2014-01-02 Minutes
January 2, 2014 by Ben Wilson2 January 2014 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Moudrick Dadashov, Caroline Oldenburg, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Atilla Biler, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Rich Smith, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Jeremy Rowley, Rick Andrews, Imren Altepe, Robin Alden, and Kirk Hall 2. Agenda Review: Approved as presented. 3. Minutes: Minutes of 19 December 2013 were approved for publication as circulated. 4. Discussion of Ballots: Voting on Ballot 113 starts Monday.
January 2, 2014 by Ben Wilson2 January 2014 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Moudrick Dadashov, Caroline Oldenburg, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Atilla Biler, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Rich Smith, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Jeremy Rowley, Rick Andrews, Imren Altepe, Robin Alden, and Kirk Hall 2. Agenda Review: Approved as presented. 3. Minutes: Minutes of 19 December 2013 were approved for publication as circulated. 4. Discussion of Ballots: Voting on Ballot 113 starts Monday.
2013-12-19 Minutes
December 19, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 19 December 2013 Version 2 1. Roll Call: Phill Hallam-Baker, Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Atilla Biler, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Wayne Thayer, Caroline Oldenburg, Steve Roylance, Eddy Nigg, Rich Smith, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, Erwann Abalea, and Rick Andrews 2. Agenda Review: Rick Andrews asked that we discuss whether the CAB Forum incorporate by ballot Microsoft’s deprecation of SHA-1 under “Other Business.
December 19, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 19 December 2013 Version 2 1. Roll Call: Phill Hallam-Baker, Atsushi Inaba, Ben Wilson, Doug Beattie, Atilla Biler, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Wayne Thayer, Caroline Oldenburg, Steve Roylance, Eddy Nigg, Rich Smith, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Gerv Markham, Jeremy Rowley, Erwann Abalea, and Rick Andrews 2. Agenda Review: Rick Andrews asked that we discuss whether the CAB Forum incorporate by ballot Microsoft’s deprecation of SHA-1 under “Other Business.
2013-12-05 Minutes
December 5, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 5 December 2013 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Dean Coclin, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Sissel Hoel, Tom Albertson, Gerv Markham, Caroline Oldenburg, Kirk Hall, Doug Beattie, Richard Wang, Jeremy Rowley, Moudrick Dadashov, Wayne Thayer, Rich Smith, Robin Alden, Rick Andrews, Imren Altepe, Atilla Biler, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Mads Henriksveen, Stephen Davidson 2. Agenda Review: Approved. 3. Minutes: Minutes of 21 Nov 2013 were approved as circulated.
December 5, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 5 December 2013 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Dean Coclin, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Sissel Hoel, Tom Albertson, Gerv Markham, Caroline Oldenburg, Kirk Hall, Doug Beattie, Richard Wang, Jeremy Rowley, Moudrick Dadashov, Wayne Thayer, Rich Smith, Robin Alden, Rick Andrews, Imren Altepe, Atilla Biler, Ryan Sleevi, Eneli Kirme, Mads Henriksveen, Stephen Davidson 2. Agenda Review: Approved. 3. Minutes: Minutes of 21 Nov 2013 were approved as circulated.
Ballot 111 – Accelerate Max Certificate Lifetime Reduction Timetable
December 4, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 111 – Accelerate Max Certificate Lifetime Reduction Timetable Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Eddy Nigg from StartCom and Ryan Hurst from Globalsign: Motion begins The CAB Forum wishes to take advantage of the /de facto/ deprecation of the near-ubiquitous SHA-1 hash algorithm in the Web PKI and its 1 January 2017 retirement by accelerating the Forum’s planned move to shorter maximum certificate lifetimes, in order to attain a more agile certificate ecosystem.
December 4, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 111 – Accelerate Max Certificate Lifetime Reduction Timetable Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Eddy Nigg from StartCom and Ryan Hurst from Globalsign: Motion begins The CAB Forum wishes to take advantage of the /de facto/ deprecation of the near-ubiquitous SHA-1 hash algorithm in the Web PKI and its 1 January 2017 retirement by accelerating the Forum’s planned move to shorter maximum certificate lifetimes, in order to attain a more agile certificate ecosystem.
2013-11-21 Minutes
November 21, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 21 November 2013 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Ben Wilson, Mert Ozarar, Atsushi Inaba, Lila Kee, Caroline Oldenburg, Eddy Nigg, Tom Albertson, Gerv Markham, Wayne Thayer, Mads Henriksveen, Geoff Keating, Rick Andrews, Kirk Hall, Rich Smith 2. Agenda Review: Agenda approved as published. 3. Approval of Minutes of 7 Nov 2013: Minutes approved as published. Ben will re-circulate email from Iñigo asking about CA involvement with key generation for EV certificates and new EN regulation.
November 21, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 21 November 2013 Version 1 1. Roll Call: Ben Wilson, Mert Ozarar, Atsushi Inaba, Lila Kee, Caroline Oldenburg, Eddy Nigg, Tom Albertson, Gerv Markham, Wayne Thayer, Mads Henriksveen, Geoff Keating, Rick Andrews, Kirk Hall, Rich Smith 2. Agenda Review: Agenda approved as published. 3. Approval of Minutes of 7 Nov 2013: Minutes approved as published. Ben will re-circulate email from Iñigo asking about CA involvement with key generation for EV certificates and new EN regulation.
2013-11-07 Minutes
November 7, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 7 November 2013 Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Jeremy Rowley, Atsushi Inaba, Carolyn Oldenburg, Wayne Thayer, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Hurst, Håvard Molland, Connie , Rick Andrews, Geoff Keating, Steve Roylance, Gerv Markham, Mert Ozarar, Atilla Biler, Dean Coclin, Tom Albertson, Robin Alden, Mads Henriksveen 2. Agenda reviewed. **3. Minutes of 24 Oct 2013 approved. ** Ben noted that several comments and corrections to the Ankara meeting have been received and that he will update them on the wiki.
November 7, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 7 November 2013 Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Jeremy Rowley, Atsushi Inaba, Carolyn Oldenburg, Wayne Thayer, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Hurst, Håvard Molland, Connie , Rick Andrews, Geoff Keating, Steve Roylance, Gerv Markham, Mert Ozarar, Atilla Biler, Dean Coclin, Tom Albertson, Robin Alden, Mads Henriksveen 2. Agenda reviewed. **3. Minutes of 24 Oct 2013 approved. ** Ben noted that several comments and corrections to the Ankara meeting have been received and that he will update them on the wiki.
New Working Group on Performance Formed
October 29, 2013 by Ben WilsonAnnouncing the formation of the Performance Working Group – Call for Participants The CA/Browser Forum has chartered a Performance Working Group, the purpose of which is to review certificate contents, choice of proposed ciphers, webserver configuration, and OCSP configuration for best practice guidance for performance while still providing acceptable levels of security. The CA/Browser Forum would like to invite interested third parties to participate. The working group meets bi-weekly by phone and expects to hold face to face meetings coinciding with the regular CA/Browser Forum meetings.
October 29, 2013 by Ben WilsonAnnouncing the formation of the Performance Working Group – Call for Participants The CA/Browser Forum has chartered a Performance Working Group, the purpose of which is to review certificate contents, choice of proposed ciphers, webserver configuration, and OCSP configuration for best practice guidance for performance while still providing acceptable levels of security. The CA/Browser Forum would like to invite interested third parties to participate. The working group meets bi-weekly by phone and expects to hold face to face meetings coinciding with the regular CA/Browser Forum meetings.
Ballot 109 – Create SSL Performance Working Group(passed)
October 28, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 109 – Create SSL Performance Working Group Voting on Ballot 109 has closed. Seventeen voted in favor – Buypass, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, QuoVadis, SECOM, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trustis , TURKTRUST, Google, Microsoft, Opera, and Mozilla. There were no abstentions and none opposed. Therefore, Ballot 109 passes. Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Rick Andrews from Symantec, Richard Wang from WoSign, Ben Wilson from DigiCert, and Ryan Hurst from GlobalSign:
October 28, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 109 – Create SSL Performance Working Group Voting on Ballot 109 has closed. Seventeen voted in favor – Buypass, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, QuoVadis, SECOM, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trustis , TURKTRUST, Google, Microsoft, Opera, and Mozilla. There were no abstentions and none opposed. Therefore, Ballot 109 passes. Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Rick Andrews from Symantec, Richard Wang from WoSign, Ben Wilson from DigiCert, and Ryan Hurst from GlobalSign:
2013-10-24 Minutes
October 24, 2013 by Ben WilsonCAB Forum **24 October 2013 ** Version 1 1. Present: Gerv Markham, Eddy Nigg, Ben Wilson, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, Geoff Keating, Carolyn Oldenburg, Rick Andrews, Stephen Davidson, Tom Albertson, Atilla Biler, Kelvin Yiu, 2. Agenda: Approved as published. (Note – next meeting on 7 Nov 2013 will be AFTER switch off of Daylight Savings in Europe and North America, so those who have been on DST will have this call one hour earlier because this call is always at 1600 UTC.
October 24, 2013 by Ben WilsonCAB Forum **24 October 2013 ** Version 1 1. Present: Gerv Markham, Eddy Nigg, Ben Wilson, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, Geoff Keating, Carolyn Oldenburg, Rick Andrews, Stephen Davidson, Tom Albertson, Atilla Biler, Kelvin Yiu, 2. Agenda: Approved as published. (Note – next meeting on 7 Nov 2013 will be AFTER switch off of Daylight Savings in Europe and North America, so those who have been on DST will have this call one hour earlier because this call is always at 1600 UTC.
2013-10-10 Minutes
October 10, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 10 October 2013 Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Stephen Davidson, Eddy Nigg, Rich Smith, Robin Alden, Eneli Kirme, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Mert Ozarar, Atilla Biler, Hävard Molland, Gerv Markham, Geoff Keating, Rick Andrews, and Jeremy Rowley 2. Agenda review: Eddy asked that the question regarding exceptions to migration to 2048-bit be discussed. Ben asked that we add discussions about the meaning of EV and the definition of application service provider to the list.
October 10, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 10 October 2013 Version 1 1. Present: Ben Wilson, Stephen Davidson, Eddy Nigg, Rich Smith, Robin Alden, Eneli Kirme, Dean Coclin, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Mert Ozarar, Atilla Biler, Hävard Molland, Gerv Markham, Geoff Keating, Rick Andrews, and Jeremy Rowley 2. Agenda review: Eddy asked that the question regarding exceptions to migration to 2048-bit be discussed. Ben asked that we add discussions about the meaning of EV and the definition of application service provider to the list.