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May 29, 2014

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) has released for public comment its second draft Reference Certificate Policy for Publicly Trusted Certification Authorities (NISTIR 7924).

** April 11, 2011**

CA / Browser Forum announces release and availability of Public Comment Draft of “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” – Announcement-Baseline_Requirements

March 2011

CA / Browser Forum announces support of Electronic Frontier Foundation’s SSL Observatory – EFF_SSL_Observatory

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Server Certificate Requirements
SC-089: Mass Revocation Planning - Aug 26, 2025

Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.11 - Ballot SMC013 - Aug 22, 2025

This ballot introduces specifications for the use of two post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms, as standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in the S/MIME BR.

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
Version 2.0.5 (Ballot NS-008) - Jul 9, 2025

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