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2025-12-04 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
December 4, 2025 by Wayne Thayer1. Roll Call and Housekeeping Roll Call from Webex. Technical issues with membership tool is being worked on. Manual capturing attendance. Comment by Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo) that it will be auto-run.
December 4, 2025 by Wayne Thayer1. Roll Call and Housekeeping Roll Call from Webex. Technical issues with membership tool is being worked on. Manual capturing attendance. Comment by Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo) that it will be auto-run.
2025-12-03 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
December 3, 2025 by Minutes of SMCWG December 3, 2025 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
December 3, 2025 by Minutes of SMCWG December 3, 2025 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
2025-11-20 Minutes of the Forum
November 20, 2025 by Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Teleconference 2025-11-06Minutes Meeting minutes for November 6th were approved. Dean said that the summer F2F meetings for the next few years have been cancelled.
November 20, 2025 by Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Teleconference 2025-11-06Minutes Meeting minutes for November 6th were approved. Dean said that the summer F2F meetings for the next few years have been cancelled.
2025-11-20 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
November 20, 2025 by Wayne ThayerDimitris read the note well. Meeting minutes for November 6th were approved. Dimitris provided the current ballot status (as indicated in agenda). The status for ballots under consideration was provided by various members:
November 20, 2025 by Wayne ThayerDimitris read the note well. Meeting minutes for November 6th were approved. Dimitris provided the current ballot status (as indicated in agenda). The status for ballots under consideration was provided by various members:
Ballot SC-090: Gradually sunset all remaining email-based, phone-based, and ‘crossover’ validation methods from Sections 3.2.2.4 and 3.2.2.5
November 20, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 27 votes in total:
November 20, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 27 votes in total:
Ballot CSC-31: Maximum Validity Reduction
November 17, 2025 by The Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot CSC-31 (Ballot CSC-31: Maximum Validity Reduction) 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-3.10.0.pdf IPR Review of Ballot CSC-31: Maximum Validity Reduction 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.
November 17, 2025 by The Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot CSC-31 (Ballot CSC-31: Maximum Validity Reduction) 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-3.10.0.pdf IPR Review of Ballot CSC-31: Maximum Validity Reduction 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.
2025-11-13 Minutes of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group
November 13, 2025 by Certificate Signing Certificate Working Group (CSCWG) – Meeting MinutesDate: November 13, 2025 Note Well Inigo read the Note Well
November 13, 2025 by Certificate Signing Certificate Working Group (CSCWG) – Meeting MinutesDate: November 13, 2025 Note Well Inigo read the Note Well
Ballot SC-091: Sunset 3.2.2.5.3 Reverse Address Lookup Validation, proposal of new DNS-based validation using Persistent DCV TXT Record for IP addresses
November 12, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 24 votes in total:
November 12, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 24 votes in total:
Ballot SC-086v3: Sunset the Inclusion of IP Reverse Address Domain Names
November 10, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 26 votes in total:
November 10, 2025 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 26 votes in total:
2025-11-06 Minutes of the Forum
November 6, 2025 by Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Teleconference 2025-11-06Roll call Aaron Gable (Let’s Encrypt), Aaron Poulsen (Amazon), Adam Jones (Microsoft), Adrian Mueller (SwissSign), Alvin Wang (SHECA), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Chris Clements (Google), Clint Wilson (Apple), Daryn Wright (Apple), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Dustin Hollenback (Apple), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Gurleen Grewal (Google), Hogeun Yoo (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inaba Atsushi (GlobalSign), Jeanette Snook (Visa), Jos Purvis (Fastly), Jun Okura (Cybertrust Japan), Kateryna Aleksieieva (Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum)), Lilia Dubko (CPA Canada/WebTrust), Lucy Buecking (IdenTrust), Luis Cervantes (SSL.com), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Marco Schambach (IdenTrust), Masaru Sakamoto (Cybertrust Japan), Matthew McPherrin (Let’s Encrypt), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nargis Mannan (VikingCloud), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nicol So (CommScope), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), Ono Fumiaki (SECOM Trust Systems), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rebecca Kelly (SSL.com), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer (SwissSign), Ryan Dickson (Google), Sean Huang (TWCA), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Tadahiko Ito (SECOM Trust Systems), Tathan Thacker (IdenTrust), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera Software AS), Wayne Thayer (Fastly), Wendy Brown (US Federal PKI Management Authority).
November 6, 2025 by Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Teleconference 2025-11-06Roll call Aaron Gable (Let’s Encrypt), Aaron Poulsen (Amazon), Adam Jones (Microsoft), Adrian Mueller (SwissSign), Alvin Wang (SHECA), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Chris Clements (Google), Clint Wilson (Apple), Daryn Wright (Apple), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Dustin Hollenback (Apple), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Gurleen Grewal (Google), Hogeun Yoo (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inaba Atsushi (GlobalSign), Jeanette Snook (Visa), Jos Purvis (Fastly), Jun Okura (Cybertrust Japan), Kateryna Aleksieieva (Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum)), Lilia Dubko (CPA Canada/WebTrust), Lucy Buecking (IdenTrust), Luis Cervantes (SSL.com), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Marco Schambach (IdenTrust), Masaru Sakamoto (Cybertrust Japan), Matthew McPherrin (Let’s Encrypt), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nargis Mannan (VikingCloud), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nicol So (CommScope), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), Ono Fumiaki (SECOM Trust Systems), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rebecca Kelly (SSL.com), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer (SwissSign), Ryan Dickson (Google), Sean Huang (TWCA), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Tadahiko Ito (SECOM Trust Systems), Tathan Thacker (IdenTrust), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera Software AS), Wayne Thayer (Fastly), Wendy Brown (US Federal PKI Management Authority).