CA/Browser Forum posts
Ballot SC100: DNSSEC Clarification and Consolidation
August 6, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 22 votes in total:
August 6, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 22 votes in total:
2026-07-16 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
July 16, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: CA/Browser Forum Server Certificate Working Group Minutes July 16, 2026 Opening Matters Dimitris Zacharopoulos chaired the meeting. The meeting was called to order. The meeting was recorded, the list of attendees is below, and the Note Well was read.
July 16, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: CA/Browser Forum Server Certificate Working Group Minutes July 16, 2026 Opening Matters Dimitris Zacharopoulos chaired the meeting. The meeting was called to order. The meeting was recorded, the list of attendees is below, and the Note Well was read.
Ballot SC102: EV Domain Reuse and Validity Alignment
July 14, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes in total:
July 14, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes in total:
2026-07-02 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
July 2, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Meeting Title: Server Certificate Working Group Teleconference
July 2, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Meeting Title: Server Certificate Working Group Teleconference
Ballot SC0101v2: Clarify Authorization Domain Names
July 1, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 27 votes in total:
July 1, 2026 by Voting Results Certificate Issuers 27 votes in total:
2026-06-18 Minutes of the Forum
June 18, 2026 by Minutes: CA/B Forum plenary Meeting - June 18, 2026 1. Roll Call – from recording 2. Read note-well The note-well was read by Dimitris in prior session.
June 18, 2026 by Minutes: CA/B Forum plenary Meeting - June 18, 2026 1. Roll Call – from recording 2. Read note-well The note-well was read by Dimitris in prior session.
2026-06-18 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
June 18, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Roll Call – from recording We also had the following persons present: Naresh Charugundla (Microsoft), Rajeev Mohindra (Microsoft), Logan Mabe (Microsoft) who were not registered in the Member’s tool. Read note-well The note-well was read by Dimitris. Review of Agenda The Agenda as provided on list prior to the call (see above). Minutes June 4, 2026 (Draft minutes were distributed on 2026-06-16) – are Approved Membership Applications No current Applications to review. Ballot Status SC101v2 (https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/627) Clarify Authorization Domain Names (Aaron Gable) Ballot moved to V2 with substantive change being effective date in 3.2.2.5.3. A couple of other editorial updates also. Expected to go to discussion period tomorrow.
June 18, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Roll Call – from recording We also had the following persons present: Naresh Charugundla (Microsoft), Rajeev Mohindra (Microsoft), Logan Mabe (Microsoft) who were not registered in the Member’s tool. Read note-well The note-well was read by Dimitris. Review of Agenda The Agenda as provided on list prior to the call (see above). Minutes June 4, 2026 (Draft minutes were distributed on 2026-06-16) – are Approved Membership Applications No current Applications to review. Ballot Status SC101v2 (https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/627) Clarify Authorization Domain Names (Aaron Gable) Ballot moved to V2 with substantive change being effective date in 3.2.2.5.3. A couple of other editorial updates also. Expected to go to discussion period tomorrow.
2026-06-17 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
June 17, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG June 17, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
June 17, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG June 17, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
Ballot CSC-32: Make a Reserved Policy OID mandatory
June 16, 2026 by The Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot CSC-32 (Ballot CSC-32: Make a Reserved Policy OID mandatory) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of November 17, 2025. The new CSC BRs v3.10.0 have been published to the CABF public website in accordance with the Bylaws: https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-CSCBR-3.11.0.pdf IPR Review of Ballot CSC-32: Make a Reserved Policy OID mandatory This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice is attached to this email.
June 16, 2026 by The Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot CSC-32 (Ballot CSC-32: Make a Reserved Policy OID mandatory) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of November 17, 2025. The new CSC BRs v3.10.0 have been published to the CABF public website in accordance with the Bylaws: https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-CSCBR-3.11.0.pdf IPR Review of Ballot CSC-32: Make a Reserved Policy OID mandatory This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice is attached to this email.
Ballot SMC017v2: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key Size
June 16, 2026 by Stephen Davidson[Adopted] Ballot SMC017v2: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeThe Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot SMC017v2 (Increase Minimum RSA CA Key Size) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of July 30, 2026. The new S/MIME BR v.1.0.15 have been published to the CABF public website in accordance with the Bylaws: https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.15.pdf [IPR Review] Ballot SMC017v2: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeThis Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.4). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice may be found at https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.15-Redline.pdf.
June 16, 2026 by Stephen Davidson[Adopted] Ballot SMC017v2: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeThe Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot SMC017v2 (Increase Minimum RSA CA Key Size) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of July 30, 2026. The new S/MIME BR v.1.0.15 have been published to the CABF public website in accordance with the Bylaws: https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.15.pdf [IPR Review] Ballot SMC017v2: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeThis Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.4). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice may be found at https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.15-Redline.pdf.