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2026-05-06 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
May 6, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG May 6, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
May 6, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG May 6, 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 SMC017: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key Size
April 29, 2026 by Stephen DavidsonBallot SMC017: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeBallot SMC017 was withdrawn on May 12, 2026. Ballot SMC017: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeSummary: This ballot increases the minimum RSA key size for Root and Subordinate CA certificates in the S/MIME BRs from 2048 to 4096 bits for keys created on or after September 15, 2026, while retaining the 2048-bit minimum for Subscriber certificates.
April 29, 2026 by Stephen DavidsonBallot SMC017: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeBallot SMC017 was withdrawn on May 12, 2026. Ballot SMC017: Increase Minimum RSA CA Key SizeSummary: This ballot increases the minimum RSA key size for Root and Subordinate CA certificates in the S/MIME BRs from 2048 to 4096 bits for keys created on or after September 15, 2026, while retaining the 2048-bit minimum for Subscriber certificates.
2026-04-23 Minutes of the Forum
April 23, 2026 by Minutes: Final Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Meeting - April 23, 2026 Attendees Aaron Gable (ISRG), Adam Folsom (IdenTrust), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Atsushi INABA (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Benjamin (ChungHwa Telecom), Chris Clements (Google Chrome), Clint Wilson (Apple), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Daryn Wright (Apple), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Dustin Hollenback (Apple), Enrico Entschew (D-Trust), Greg Tomko (GlobalSign), Gurleen Grewal (GTS), Hazhar Ismail (MSC Trustgate), Hogeun Yoo (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Jaime Hablutzel (WISekey), Janet Hines (SSL.com), Jeff Ward (Aprio), Johnny Reading (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Fastly), Jun Okura (Cybertrust), Karolina Ruszczynska (Certum), Kateryna Aleksieieva (Certum by Asseco), Lilia Dubko (CPA Canada), Lucy Buecking (IdenTrust), Luis Osses (Amazon Trust Services), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Matthew McPherrin (ISRG), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), ONO Fumiaki (SECOM), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rob White (GoDaddy), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer (SwissSign), Sándor Szöke (Microsec), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Sean Huang (TWCA), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Tadahiko ITO (SECOM), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tim Callan (Sectigo), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon Trust Services), Tsung-Min Kuo (Chunghwa Telecom), Wayne Thayer (Fastly)
April 23, 2026 by Minutes: Final Minutes for CA/B Forum Plenary Meeting - April 23, 2026 Attendees Aaron Gable (ISRG), Adam Folsom (IdenTrust), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Antti Backman (Telia Company), Atsushi INABA (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Benjamin (ChungHwa Telecom), Chris Clements (Google Chrome), Clint Wilson (Apple), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Daryn Wright (Apple), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Dustin Hollenback (Apple), Enrico Entschew (D-Trust), Greg Tomko (GlobalSign), Gurleen Grewal (GTS), Hazhar Ismail (MSC Trustgate), Hogeun Yoo (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Jaime Hablutzel (WISekey), Janet Hines (SSL.com), Jeff Ward (Aprio), Johnny Reading (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Fastly), Jun Okura (Cybertrust), Karolina Ruszczynska (Certum), Kateryna Aleksieieva (Certum by Asseco), Lilia Dubko (CPA Canada), Lucy Buecking (IdenTrust), Luis Osses (Amazon Trust Services), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Matthew McPherrin (ISRG), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), ONO Fumiaki (SECOM), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rob White (GoDaddy), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer (SwissSign), Sándor Szöke (Microsec), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Sean Huang (TWCA), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Tadahiko ITO (SECOM), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tim Callan (Sectigo), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon Trust Services), Tsung-Min Kuo (Chunghwa Telecom), Wayne Thayer (Fastly)
2026-04-23 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
April 23, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Begin Recording - Roll Call Recording started
April 23, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Begin Recording - Roll Call Recording started
2026-04-22 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
April 22, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG April 22, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
April 22, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG April 22, 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 SC099: Improve Recording of Validation Method
April 18, 2026 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 29 votes in total:
April 18, 2026 by Wayne ThayerVoting Results Certificate Issuers 29 votes in total:
2026-04-09 Minutes of the Forum
April 9, 2026 by Minutes: Attendees Tadahiko ITO-SECOM, Wayne Thayer, Luis Cervantes (SSL.com), Luis Osses (Amazon Trust Services), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Sandy Balzer - SwissSign, Michael Slaughter (Amazon Trust Services), Sean Huang (TWCA), Janet Hines - SSL.com, Rebecca Kelley - SSL, Karolina Ruszczynska - Certum, Greg Tomko (GlobalSign), Jozef Nigut - Disig, Sándor SZŐKE, dr. (Microsec), Enrico Entschew/ D-Trust, Ben Wilson - Mozilla, Adam Folsom, Dustin Hollenback, Kateryna Aleksieieva (Certum by Asseco), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera), Inigo Barreira, Jos Purvis (Fastly), Dean, Trevoli Ponds-White [Amazon Trust Services], wendy brown - FPKIMA, Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Peter Miskovic - Disig, Scott Rea - eMudhra, Roman Fischer - SwissSign, Paul van Brouwershaven (Digitorus), [WISeKey] Jaime Hablutzel, Rich Smith (DigiCert), Aaron Gable (ISRG), Steven Deitte - GoDaddy, Lucy Buecking - IdenTrust, Nome Huang-TrustAsia, Chad Dandar, Atsushi INABA - GlobalSign, Hogeun Yoo - NAVER Cloud Trust Services, Clint Wilson, Corey Bonnell [DigiCert], ONO Fumiaki - SECOM Trust Systems, Nate Smith - GoDaddy, Jeff Ward (Aprio), Georgy Sebastian(AWS), Lilia Dubko, Cynetheia Brown(FPKIMA), Rollin Yu - TrustAsia, Alvin.Wang(SHECA), Antti Backman - Telia Company, Tim Callan (Sectigo), Chunghwa Telecom / Tsung-Min Kuo
April 9, 2026 by Minutes: Attendees Tadahiko ITO-SECOM, Wayne Thayer, Luis Cervantes (SSL.com), Luis Osses (Amazon Trust Services), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Sandy Balzer - SwissSign, Michael Slaughter (Amazon Trust Services), Sean Huang (TWCA), Janet Hines - SSL.com, Rebecca Kelley - SSL, Karolina Ruszczynska - Certum, Greg Tomko (GlobalSign), Jozef Nigut - Disig, Sándor SZŐKE, dr. (Microsec), Enrico Entschew/ D-Trust, Ben Wilson - Mozilla, Adam Folsom, Dustin Hollenback, Kateryna Aleksieieva (Certum by Asseco), Tobias Josefowitz (Opera), Inigo Barreira, Jos Purvis (Fastly), Dean, Trevoli Ponds-White [Amazon Trust Services], wendy brown - FPKIMA, Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Peter Miskovic - Disig, Scott Rea - eMudhra, Roman Fischer - SwissSign, Paul van Brouwershaven (Digitorus), [WISeKey] Jaime Hablutzel, Rich Smith (DigiCert), Aaron Gable (ISRG), Steven Deitte - GoDaddy, Lucy Buecking - IdenTrust, Nome Huang-TrustAsia, Chad Dandar, Atsushi INABA - GlobalSign, Hogeun Yoo - NAVER Cloud Trust Services, Clint Wilson, Corey Bonnell [DigiCert], ONO Fumiaki - SECOM Trust Systems, Nate Smith - GoDaddy, Jeff Ward (Aprio), Georgy Sebastian(AWS), Lilia Dubko, Cynetheia Brown(FPKIMA), Rollin Yu - TrustAsia, Alvin.Wang(SHECA), Antti Backman - Telia Company, Tim Callan (Sectigo), Chunghwa Telecom / Tsung-Min Kuo
2026-04-09 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
April 9, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Meeting Logistics Wayne Thayer leading the Meeting as Dimitris is not available. Minute taker: Sandy Balzer Wayne Thayer read the note-well. No changes were requested for the agenda. Minutes approval February 26, 2026 - these Draft minutes have not been distributed yet F2F#67 March 10, 2026 - Draft minutes have not been distributed yet, compilation pending. Participants reminded to upload missing notes and presentations to Etherpad / provide to chairs. Final minutes do March 26, 2026 (Draft minutes were distributed on 2026-03-31) No objections and minutes approved. Membership Applications
April 9, 2026 by Wayne ThayerMinutes: Meeting Logistics Wayne Thayer leading the Meeting as Dimitris is not available. Minute taker: Sandy Balzer Wayne Thayer read the note-well. No changes were requested for the agenda. Minutes approval February 26, 2026 - these Draft minutes have not been distributed yet F2F#67 March 10, 2026 - Draft minutes have not been distributed yet, compilation pending. Participants reminded to upload missing notes and presentations to Etherpad / provide to chairs. Final minutes do March 26, 2026 (Draft minutes were distributed on 2026-03-31) No objections and minutes approved. Membership Applications
Ballot FORUM-037 – Adopt IPR Policy v. 1.4 and Associated Documents
April 9, 2026 by Ballot FORUM-037 - Adopt IPR Policy v. 1.4 and Associated Documents Voting Results The voting period for Forum-037 Adopt IPR Policy v1.4 and Associated Documents has completed. The ballot has: PASSED
April 9, 2026 by Ballot FORUM-037 - Adopt IPR Policy v. 1.4 and Associated Documents Voting Results The voting period for Forum-037 Adopt IPR Policy v1.4 and Associated Documents has completed. The ballot has: PASSED
2026-04-08 Minutes of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group
April 8, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG April 8, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.
April 8, 2026 by Minutes of SMCWG April 8, 2026 These are the Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.