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Posts by author Ben Wilson
Ballot 102 – BR 9.2.3 domainComponent
May 31, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 102 – BR 9.2.3 domainComponents (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert made the following motion, and Robin Alden from Comodo and Geoffrey Keating from Apple endorsed it: Motion Begins EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, in order to conform to requirements of other industry bodies, including the Internet Grid Trust Federation, and to allow the encoding of domain components in certificates that interact with the configurations of some LDAP directories, we propose amending Section 9.
May 31, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 102 – BR 9.2.3 domainComponents (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert made the following motion, and Robin Alden from Comodo and Geoffrey Keating from Apple endorsed it: Motion Begins EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, in order to conform to requirements of other industry bodies, including the Internet Grid Trust Federation, and to allow the encoding of domain components in certificates that interact with the configurations of some LDAP directories, we propose amending Section 9.
2013-05-30 Minutes
May 30, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 30 May 2013 Present: Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Stephen Davidson, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Geoff Keating, Ryan Koski, Mert Ozarar, Tom Albertson, Joe Kaluzny, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Connie Enke, Atsushi Inaba, Gerv Markham, Eddy Nigg, Wayne Thayer, Brad Hill, Phill Hallam Baker ICANN Presenters: Francisco Arias, Tomofumi Okubo, Jeff Moss, and Steve Sheng Agenda review: Approved as published. ICANN gTLD Discussion: Ben said that everyone should have received the PDF version of the presentation and turned the time over to Francisco who reviewed ICANN’s request for information to the CAB Forum.
May 30, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 30 May 2013 Present: Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Stephen Davidson, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Geoff Keating, Ryan Koski, Mert Ozarar, Tom Albertson, Joe Kaluzny, Robin Alden, Ryan Sleevi, Connie Enke, Atsushi Inaba, Gerv Markham, Eddy Nigg, Wayne Thayer, Brad Hill, Phill Hallam Baker ICANN Presenters: Francisco Arias, Tomofumi Okubo, Jeff Moss, and Steve Sheng Agenda review: Approved as published. ICANN gTLD Discussion: Ben said that everyone should have received the PDF version of the presentation and turned the time over to Francisco who reviewed ICANN’s request for information to the CAB Forum.
Ballot 100 – Extend Deadline – OCSP Good Response
May 30, 2013 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
May 30, 2013 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
2013-05-16 Minutes
May 16, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting – CAB Forum – 16 May 2013 – Version 1 Roll Call: Ben Wilson, Rich Smith, Wayne Thayer, Mads Henriksveen, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Geoff Keating, Eddy Nigg, Simon Labrum, Atsushi Inaba, Arno Fiedler, Jeremy Rowley, Ryan Koski, Tom Albertson, Atilla Biler, Robin Alden, Philip Hallam Baker, Ryan Sleevi Agenda Review: Agenda was reviewed. Approval of the Minutes of 2 May 2013: It was noted that Geoff and Mert were in attendance; Arno said he would like to submit additional information about ETSI policy, qualified certificates, and EU data protection for the minutes.
May 16, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting – CAB Forum – 16 May 2013 – Version 1 Roll Call: Ben Wilson, Rich Smith, Wayne Thayer, Mads Henriksveen, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Geoff Keating, Eddy Nigg, Simon Labrum, Atsushi Inaba, Arno Fiedler, Jeremy Rowley, Ryan Koski, Tom Albertson, Atilla Biler, Robin Alden, Philip Hallam Baker, Ryan Sleevi Agenda Review: Agenda was reviewed. Approval of the Minutes of 2 May 2013: It was noted that Geoff and Mert were in attendance; Arno said he would like to submit additional information about ETSI policy, qualified certificates, and EU data protection for the minutes.
Ballot 99 – Add DSA Keys
May 3, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 99 – Add DSA Keys (Passed) Motion begins Erratum begins In the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates, Appendix A, add to each of the tables (1) Root CA Certificates, (2) Subordinate CA Certificates, and (3) Subscriber Certificates a new row with these three column entries (comma-separated): Minimum DSA modulus and divisor size (bits) ***, L= 2048, N= 224 or L= 2048, N= 256, L= 2048, N= 224 or L= 2048, N= 256
May 3, 2013 by Ben WilsonBallot 99 – Add DSA Keys (Passed) Motion begins Erratum begins In the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates, Appendix A, add to each of the tables (1) Root CA Certificates, (2) Subordinate CA Certificates, and (3) Subscriber Certificates a new row with these three column entries (comma-separated): Minimum DSA modulus and divisor size (bits) ***, L= 2048, N= 224 or L= 2048, N= 256, L= 2048, N= 224 or L= 2048, N= 256
2013-05-02 Minutes
May 2, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 2 May 2013 Version 2 Present: Steve Roylance, Ryan Koski, Erwann Abalea, Mads Henriksveen, Atilla Biler, Mert Ozarar, Ben Wilson, Eddie Nigg, Dean Coclin, Arno Fiedler, Jeremy Rowley, Wayne Thayer, Joe Kaluzny, Robin Alden, Gerv Markham, Rich Smith, Stephen Davidson, Phillip Hallam Baker, Rick Andrews and Geoff Keating Guests: Andy Regenscheid, Deb Cooley, Mike Jenkins, Mike Boyle, and Jeff Burke Agenda review: Version 1 of the agenda was reviewed.
May 2, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 2 May 2013 Version 2 Present: Steve Roylance, Ryan Koski, Erwann Abalea, Mads Henriksveen, Atilla Biler, Mert Ozarar, Ben Wilson, Eddie Nigg, Dean Coclin, Arno Fiedler, Jeremy Rowley, Wayne Thayer, Joe Kaluzny, Robin Alden, Gerv Markham, Rich Smith, Stephen Davidson, Phillip Hallam Baker, Rick Andrews and Geoff Keating Guests: Andy Regenscheid, Deb Cooley, Mike Jenkins, Mike Boyle, and Jeff Burke Agenda review: Version 1 of the agenda was reviewed.
Announcing the formation of the Code Signing Working Group – Call for Participants
April 22, 2013 by Ben WilsonThe CA/Browser Forum has chartered a Code Signing Working Group, the purpose of which is to come up with Baseline Requirements to reduce the incidences of signed malware. The CA/Browser Forum would like to invite interested third parties to participate. The working group meets bi-weekly by phone and had its first face to face meeting in Munich on June 13th coinciding with the regular CA/Browser Forum meeting. Interested parties will need to:
April 22, 2013 by Ben WilsonThe CA/Browser Forum has chartered a Code Signing Working Group, the purpose of which is to come up with Baseline Requirements to reduce the incidences of signed malware. The CA/Browser Forum would like to invite interested third parties to participate. The working group meets bi-weekly by phone and had its first face to face meeting in Munich on June 13th coinciding with the regular CA/Browser Forum meeting. Interested parties will need to:
2013-04-18 Minutes
April 18, 2013 by Ben Wilson18 April 2013 Present: Ben Wilson, Mads Henriksveen, Jeremy Rowley, Gerv Markham, Rick Andrews, Tom Albertson, Ryan Koski, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Robin Alden, Eddy Nigg, Kirk Hall, Wendy Brown, Atilla Biler, Stephen Davidson, Don Sheehy, and Joe Kaluzny Agenda review: Version 2 of the agenda was reviewed, which included discussion of Ballot 99, which Rick had requested previously. Ben mentioned that he will start keeping a list of some action items not on the agenda at the bottom of each agenda he sends out, just to keep them in mind.
April 18, 2013 by Ben Wilson18 April 2013 Present: Ben Wilson, Mads Henriksveen, Jeremy Rowley, Gerv Markham, Rick Andrews, Tom Albertson, Ryan Koski, Atsushi Inaba, Wayne Thayer, Robin Alden, Eddy Nigg, Kirk Hall, Wendy Brown, Atilla Biler, Stephen Davidson, Don Sheehy, and Joe Kaluzny Agenda review: Version 2 of the agenda was reviewed, which included discussion of Ballot 99, which Rick had requested previously. Ben mentioned that he will start keeping a list of some action items not on the agenda at the bottom of each agenda he sends out, just to keep them in mind.
2013-04-04 Minutes
April 4, 2013 by Ben WilsonHere are the notes from our penultimate telephone call, held 4 April 2013. Item 14 was amended from the draft minutes to clarify that the draft white paper had been circulated to the code signing working group and not the CABF as a whole. Present: Rick Andrews, Atsushi Inaba, Dean Coclin, Robin Alden , Steve Roylance, Wayne Thayer, Gerv Markham , Ben Wilson, Rich Smith, Phil Hallam-Baker Agenda review: The agenda was not sent out ahead of time due to a mix-up but was announced at the start of the meeting.
April 4, 2013 by Ben WilsonHere are the notes from our penultimate telephone call, held 4 April 2013. Item 14 was amended from the draft minutes to clarify that the draft white paper had been circulated to the code signing working group and not the CABF as a whole. Present: Rick Andrews, Atsushi Inaba, Dean Coclin, Robin Alden , Steve Roylance, Wayne Thayer, Gerv Markham , Ben Wilson, Rich Smith, Phil Hallam-Baker Agenda review: The agenda was not sent out ahead of time due to a mix-up but was announced at the start of the meeting.
2013-03-21 Minutes
March 21, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 21 March 2013 Version 1 Present: Rich Smith, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Eddy Nigg, Robin Alden, Dean Coclin, Wayne Thayer, Håvard Molland, Phill Hallam-Baker, Rick Andrews, Atilla Biler, Brad Hill, Geoff Keating, Kirk Hall, Jeremy Rowley, Cornelia Enke, Steve Roylance, Ryan Sleevi, and Stephen Davidson Agenda review: The agenda was reviewed. Dean asked that we bring better closure on the issue with re-validation of customers whose information is older than 39 months.
March 21, 2013 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 21 March 2013 Version 1 Present: Rich Smith, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Eddy Nigg, Robin Alden, Dean Coclin, Wayne Thayer, Håvard Molland, Phill Hallam-Baker, Rick Andrews, Atilla Biler, Brad Hill, Geoff Keating, Kirk Hall, Jeremy Rowley, Cornelia Enke, Steve Roylance, Ryan Sleevi, and Stephen Davidson Agenda review: The agenda was reviewed. Dean asked that we bring better closure on the issue with re-validation of customers whose information is older than 39 months.