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Ballot SC12: Sunset of Underscores in dNSNames
November 12, 2018 by Wayne ThayerThe voting period for Ballot SC12 has ended and the Ballot has Passed. Here are the results: Voting by Certificate Issuers – 23 votes total including abstentions 20 Yes votes: Actalis, Amazon, Buypass, Camerfirma, Certum (Asseco), Sectigo (former Comodo CA), D-TRUST, DigiCert, Digidentity, DocuSign France, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, QuoVadis, SHECA, SSL.com, TWCA, Trustwave 2 No votes: Chunghwa Telecom, Entrust Datacard 1 Abstain: TrustCor 91% of voting Certificate Issuers voted in favor.
Ballot SC4: CAA Contact Property and Associated E-mail Validation Method
November 6, 2018 by Jos PurvisThis ballot was in the review period for more than 21 days and voting did not start. According to section 2.3c of the Bylaws, the ballot has failed. Purpose of Ballot: Increasingly, contact information is not available in WHOIS due to concerns about potential GDPR violations. This ballot specifies a method by which domain holders can publish their contact information via DNS, and how CAs can use that information for validating domain control.
2018-11-01 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
November 1, 2018 by Jos PurvisAttendees (in alphabetical order) Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust Datacard), Chris Kemmerer (SSL.com), Daymion Reynolds (GoDaddy), Dean Coclin (Digicert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Geoff Keating (Apple), Inaba Atsushi (GlobalSign), India Donald (US Federal PKI Management Authority), Jeff Ward (CPA Canada/WebTrust), Joanna Fox (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Cisco Systems), Kirk Hall (Entrust Datacard), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Neil Dunbar (TrustCor Systems), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Shelley Brewer (Digicert), Tim Callan (Comodo CA –> Sectigo), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon), Wayne Thayer (Mozilla), Wendy Brown (US Federal PKI Management Authority).
2018-Nov-01 Minutes of CA/Browser Forum
November 1, 2018 by Jos PurvisAttendees (in alphabetical order) Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust Datacard), Chris Kemmerer (SSL.com), Daymion Reynolds (GoDaddy), Dean Coclin (Digicert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Geoff Keating (Apple), Inaba Atsushi (GlobalSign), India Donald (US Federal PKI Management Authority), Jeff Ward (CPA Canada/WebTrust), Joanna Fox (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Cisco Systems), Kirk Hall (Entrust Datacard), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.), Michelle Coon (OATI), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Neil Dunbar (TrustCor Systems), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Shelley Brewer (Digicert), Tim Callan (Comodo CA –> Sectigo), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon), Wayne Thayer (Mozilla), Wendy Brown (US Federal PKI Management Authority).
Minutes of the F2F 45 Meeting in Shanghai, China, 17-18 October 2018
October 18, 2018 by Jos PurvisDay One – 17 October 2018 Attendees on October 17, 2018: Iñigo Barreira, 360; Richard Wang, 360 Group; Billy Qin, 360 Group; Danny Wu, 360 Group; Clemens Wanko, ACAB’c; Phillipe Bouchet, ACAB’c; Trevoli Ponds-White, Amazon Trust Services; Xiaosi Li, Amazon Trust Services; Geoff Keating, Apple; Paul Yang, BaishanCloud / OpenSSL; Franck Leroy, Certinomis (Docapost); Aleksandra Kapinos, Certum; Wojciech Trapczyński, Certum; Yi Zhang, CFCA; Jonathan Sun, CFCA; Ivy Xu, CFCA; J.P. Hamilton, Cisco; Jos Purvis, Cisco; Robin Alden, Comodo CA; Tony K.F. Chan, Deloitte China (Beijing); Jesse Yun He Wang, Deloitte China (Beijing); Putzy De Wei Lu, Deloitte China (Beijing); Peter Koo, Deloitte China (Hong Kong); Ben Wilson, DigiCert; Tim Hollebeek, DigiCert; Arno Fiedler, D-TRUST; Enrico Entschew, D-TRUST; Vijayakumar (Vijay) Manjunatha, eMudhra Technologies Limited; Kirk Hall, Entrust Datacard; Bruce Morton, Entrust Datacard; Chris Bailey, Entrust Datacard; Ken Myers, Federal PKI; Wei Yicai, GDCA; Zhang Yongqiang, GDCA; Wang Chunlan, GDCA; Xiu Lei, GDCA; Atsushi Inaba, GlobalSign; Doug Beattie, GlobalSign; Daymion Reynolds, GoDaddy; Adam Sink, GoDaddy; Devon O’Brien, Google; Ryan Sleevi, Google; Ryan Hurst, Google; Dimitris Zacharopoulos, HARICA; Xu Jiang 徐江, Huace Network Security Cert. Auth.; Zhang Yong, Huace Network Security Cert. Auth.; Rachel Gao, Huace Network Security Cert. Auth.; Mike Reilly, Microsoft; Gordon Bock, Microsoft; Wayne Thayer, Mozilla; Tomasz Nowak, Opera; Albert L. Lam, PwC; Freeman Guo, PwC; Tadahiko Ito, SECOM; Cui Jiuqiang, SHECA; Dai Yeqi, SHECA; William Luo, ShenZhen Digital Certificate Authority Center Co., Ltd; Zheng Huitao, ShenZhen Digital Certificate Authority Center Co., Ltd; Fotis Loukos, SSL.com; Leo Grove, SSL.com; Matthias Bartholdi, SwissSign; Edwin Zhai, TrustAsia Technologies, Inc.; Jack Zhang, TrustAsia Technologies, Inc.; Frank Corday, Trustwave; Jeff Ward, WebTrust/BDO; Don Sheehy, WebTrust/CPA Canada.
Ballot Forum-7: Update ETSI requirements in SCWG Charter
October 9, 2018 by Jos PurvisThe voting period for Ballot Forum-7 has ended and the ballot has passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 10 votes total including abstentions 10 Yes votes: Buypass, Certinomis, D-TRUST, Disig, Entrust Datacard, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, QuoVadis, SSC 0 No votes: 1 Abstain: Visa 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 3 votes total including abstentions 3 Yes votes: Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting browsers voted in favor
Ballot SC-10: Establishing the Network Security Subcommittee of the SCWG
October 4, 2018 by Jos PurvisThe voting period for Ballot SC10 has ended and the ballot has passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 18 votes total including abstentions 18 Yes votes: Buypass, Camerfirma, CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust Datacard, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, HARICA, QuoVadis, SSL.com, TWCA, TrustCor, Trustwave, Visa 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 4 votes total including abstentions 4 Yes votes: Cisco, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting browsers voted in favor
2018-10-4 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
October 4, 2018 by Jos PurvisRoll Call Attendees: Arno Fiedler (D-TRUST), Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Christopher Kemmerer (SSL.com), Corey Bonnell (Trustwave),Daymion Reynolds (GoDaddy), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Gordon Bock (Microsoft), India Donald (FPKI), Jeff Ward (WebTrust), Joanna Fox (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (Federal PKI), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Marcelo Silva (Visa), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Neil Dunbar (Trustcor), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (ComodoCA), Robin Alden (ComodoCA), Shelley Brewer (DigiCert),Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon), Wayne Thayer (Mozilla), Wendy Brown (Federal PKI). Antitrust Statement read by Kirk. Review Agenda. Agenda was approved. Approval of Minutes of SCWG teleconference of Sept. 20, 2018. The Minutes were approved and will be posted to the Public list. Validation Subcommittee Update. There was no update. There will be a two hour Subcommittee meeting at the Shanghai F2F meeting in two weeks. Plans for NetSec Subcommittee. Ben said the Subcommittee will do a restart and approach all outstanding issues relating to the Network Security Requirements from a fresh viewpoint. The Subcommittee will meet in Shanghai. Review SCWG Agenda for Shanghai F2F meeting. Kirk reviewed the Agenda and plans for the Shanghai F2F in two weeks, and asked for any comments. There were no comments. Ballot Status. Kirk noted the ballot SC10 was still in the voting period. Any Other Business. There was no other business. Next call: Nov. 1, 2018 at 11:00 am Eastern Time Adjourn
2018-10-4 Minutes of CA/Browser Forum
October 4, 2018 by Jos PurvisRoll Call Attendees: Arno Fiedler (D-TRUST), Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Christopher Kemmerer (SSL.com), Corey Bonnell (Trustwave),Daymion Reynolds (GoDaddy), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Enrico Entschew (D-TRUST), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Gordon Bock (Microsoft), India Donald (FPKI), Jeff Ward (WebTrust), Joanna Fox (GoDaddy), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (Federal PKI), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Marcelo Silva (Visa), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Neil Dunbar (Trustcor), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (ComodoCA), Robin Alden (ComodoCA), Shelley Brewer (DigiCert),Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Trevoli Ponds-White (Amazon), Wayne Thayer (Mozilla), Wendy Brown (Federal PKI). Antitrust Statement read by Robin. Review Agenda. Agenda was approved. Approval of Minutes of CABF teleconference of Sept. 20, 2018. The Minutes were approved and will be posted to the Public list. Forum Infrastructure Working Group update. Dimitris said the WG had its first meeting, and the Minutes are posted on the wiki. The Minutes describe the Forum’s current infrastructure and where things are hosted. There are plans to upgrade the wiki and mail lists, which are now on a physical machine, but may be moved to a virtual machine. The WG now has its own mail list, infrastructure@cabforum.org. The WG has not yet set a regular time and date for bi-weekly meetings. Kirk thanked Dimitris and Jos for doing this work, which will be very valuable to the Forum. Ballot Status. Kirk noted that one ballot, Forum-7, was still in the voting period. Meeting Agenda and Events for F2F Meeting Shanghai, Oct. 16-18, 2018. Kirk reviewed the Agenda and plans for the Shanghai F2F in two weeks, and asked for any comments. There were no comments. Any Other Business. There was no other business. Next call: Nov. 1, 2018 at 11:00 am Eastern Time Adjourn. Immediately convene meeting of Server Certificate Working Group (same call)
Ballot SC-9: Establish the Validation Subcommittee of the SCWG
October 3, 2018 by Jos PurvisThe voting period for Ballot SC9 has ended and the ballot has passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 17 votes total including abstentions 17 Yes votes: Actalis, Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Kamu SM, SHECA, SSC, TWCA, TrustCor, Trustwave, Visa 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 4 votes total including abstentions 4 Yes votes: Cisco, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting browsers voted in favor
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