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2017-08-03 Minutes
August 3, 2017 by Ben WilsonFinal Minutes for CA/Browser Forum Teleconference – August 3, 2017 (approved Aug. 17, 2017) Attendees: Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Christopher Kemmerer (SSL.com), Curt Spann (Apple), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Geoff Keating, (Apple), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), Jeff Ward (WebTrust), Jeremy Rowley (DigiCert), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Leo Grove (SSL.com), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Neil Dunbar (Trustcor), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Hurst (Google), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy), Wendy Brown (FPKI).
Ballot 202 – Underscore and Wildcard Characters
July 26, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 202 – Underscore Character in SANs The voting period for Ballot 202 has ended, and the ballot has failed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 19 votes total, including abstentions 12 Yes votes: Actalis, Amazon, Cisco, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, QuoVadis, Symantec, TrustCor, Trustwave 7 No votes: Buypass, CFCA, DocuSign France, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, SHECA 0 Abstain: 63% of voting CAs voted in favor
2017-07-20 Minutes
July 20, 2017 by Ben WilsonMinutes for CA/Browser Forum Teleconference – July 20, 2017 Attendees: Adrienne Porter Felt (Google), Alex Wight (Cisco), Arno Fiedler (D-TRUST), Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Chris Bailey (Entrust), Christopher Kemmerer (SSL.com), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Devon O’Brien (Google), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Emily Schechter Pound (Google), Emily Stark (Google), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Geoff Keating, (Apple), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), JC Jones (Mozilla), Jeff Ward (WebTrust), Ken Myers (US PKI), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy), Wendy Brown (FPKI).
Ballot 204 – Forbid DTPs from doing Domain/IP Ownership
July 11, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 204 – Forbid DTPs from doing Domain/IP Ownership The voting period for Ballot 204 has ended and the ballot passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 13 votes total including abstentions 12 Yes votes: Buypass, CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, HARICA, SHECA 0 No votes: 1 Abstain: Actalis 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 4 votes total including abstentions 4 Yes votes: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla
Ballot 205 – Membership-Related Clarifications
July 6, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 205 – Membership-Related Clarifications The voting period for Ballot 205 has ended, and the ballot passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 13 votes total, including abstentions 13 Yes votes: Actalis, Buypass, CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, DigiCert, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, SHECA 0 No votes: 0 Abstain: 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – x votes total, including abstentions 4 Yes votes: Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera
Ballot 192 – Notary Revision
June 28, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 192 – Notary Revision The voting period for Ballot 192 has ended. The ballot has passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 10 votes total including abstentions 9 Yes votes: Actalis, Comodo, DigiCert, Entrust, GDCA, HARICA, SHECA, Symantec, Trustwave 0 No votes: 1 Abstain: OATI 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 2 votes total including abstentions 2 Yes votes: Apple, Mozilla
Minutes of the F2F 41 Meeting in Berlin, Germany, 20-22 June 2017
June 21, 2017 by Ben WilsonMeeting 41 Minutes Recordings Day 1 – Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Attendees: Adriano Santoni (Actalis), Andrew Whalley (Google), Arkadiusz Ławniczak (Certum), Arno Fiedler (D-Trust), Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Benjamin Chiang (ChungHwa Telecom), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Chris Bailey (Entrust), Coenelia Enke (SwissSign), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Devon O’Brien (Google), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Don Sheehy (WebTrust), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Enrico Entschew (D-Trust), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Frank Corday (Trustwave), Franck LeRoy (Certinomis), Geoff Keating, (Apple), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), Iñigo Barreira (StartCom), JP Hamilton (Cisco), Janet Treasure (CPA Canada), Jens Bender (BSI), Jeff Ward (WebTrust), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Karolina Ruszczyńska (Certum), Kim Nyugen (D-Trust), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Leo Grove (SSL.
Ballot 203 – Formation of Network Security Working Group
June 19, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 203 – Formation of Network Security Working Group The voting period for Ballot 203 has ended. The ballot has passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 19 votes total including abstentions 17 Yes votes: Buypass, CFCA, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GDCA, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, SHECA, SSC, SwissSign, Symantec, TrustCor, Trustwave, TurkTrust 0 No votes: 2 Abstain: Actalis, OATI 100% of voting CAs voted in favor
2017-06-08 Minutes
June 8, 2017 by Ben WilsonFinal Minutes for CA/Browser Forum Teleconference – June 8, 2017 (Approved June 22, 2017) Attendees: Arno Fiedler (D-TRUST), Atsushi Inaba (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson (DigiCert), Christopher Kemmerer (SSL.com), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Fotis Loukos (SSL.com), Geoff Keating, (Apple), Gervase Markham (Mozilla), Josh Aas (Let’s Encrypt), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Masakazu Asano (GlobalSign), Mike Reilly (Microsoft), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy), Wendy Brown (FPKI).
Ballot 201 – .onion Revisions
June 8, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 201 – .Onion Revisions The voting period for Ballot 201 has ended, and the ballot passed. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 12 votes total, including abstentions 8 Yes votes: Buypass, Cisco, DigiCert, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA 0 No votes: 4 Abstain: Chunghwa Telecom, Disig, OATI, Symantec 100% of voting CAs voted in favor Voting by browsers – 3 votes total, including abstentions 3 Yes votes: Apple, Google, Mozilla
The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).