CA/Browser Forum posts
Ballot 169 – Revised Validation Requirements
August 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 169, Revised Validation Requirements, has ended. Here are the results: From the CAs, we received 19 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore, the ballot passes unanimously. A big thank you to the validation working group for all your efforts in working through the issues and developing a ballot which met everyone’s expectations. The results are indicative of the time you took to address comments from the group.
August 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 169, Revised Validation Requirements, has ended. Here are the results: From the CAs, we received 19 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore, the ballot passes unanimously. A big thank you to the validation working group for all your efforts in working through the issues and developing a ballot which met everyone’s expectations. The results are indicative of the time you took to address comments from the group.
2016-08-04 Minutes
August 4, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes – August 4, 2016 CA/Browser Forum Teleconference Attendees: Alex Wight (Cisco), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Cap Hayes (Cisco), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Geoff Keating, Apple, Gervase Markham (Mozilla), JC Jones (Mozilla), JP Hamilton (Cisco), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Purvis (Cisco), Kurt Spann (Apple), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).
August 4, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes – August 4, 2016 CA/Browser Forum Teleconference Attendees: Alex Wight (Cisco), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Cap Hayes (Cisco), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Geoff Keating, Apple, Gervase Markham (Mozilla), JC Jones (Mozilla), JP Hamilton (Cisco), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Purvis (Cisco), Kurt Spann (Apple), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).
Ballot 173 – Removal of requirement to cease use of private key due to incorrect certificate info
July 28, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 173, Removal of requirement to cease use of public key due to incorrect info, has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 16 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 0 Abstentions. From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. The effective date is 45 days from July 28, 2016. Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair
July 28, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 173, Removal of requirement to cease use of public key due to incorrect info, has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 16 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 0 Abstentions. From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. The effective date is 45 days from July 28, 2016. Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair
2016-07-21 Minutes
July 21, 2016 by Ben WilsonCAB Forum Minutes of 21 July 2016 Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Erwaan Abalea (Docusign), Francisco Arias (ICANN), Geoff Keating (Apple), Gerv Markham (Mozilla), Jeff Stapleton (Wells Fargo), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Aas (Let’s Encrypt), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (FPKI), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Phillip Hallam-Baker (Comodo), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sanjay Modi (Symantec), Saurabh (Symantec Research), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy). Associate Members: Eli Spitzer, Zeev Shetach (ComSign)
July 21, 2016 by Ben WilsonCAB Forum Minutes of 21 July 2016 Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Erwaan Abalea (Docusign), Francisco Arias (ICANN), Geoff Keating (Apple), Gerv Markham (Mozilla), Jeff Stapleton (Wells Fargo), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Aas (Let’s Encrypt), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (FPKI), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Phillip Hallam-Baker (Comodo), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sanjay Modi (Symantec), Saurabh (Symantec Research), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy). Associate Members: Eli Spitzer, Zeev Shetach (ComSign)
2016-07-07 Minutes
July 7, 2016 by Ben WilsonFINAL MINUTES Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Anuj Saxena (Network Solutions), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Geoff Keating (Apple), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Michele Coon (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sissel Hoel (BuyPass), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).
July 7, 2016 by Ben WilsonFINAL MINUTES Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Anuj Saxena (Network Solutions), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Billy VanCannon (Trustwave), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Geoff Keating (Apple), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Michele Coon (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Sissel Hoel (BuyPass), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy).
Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines
July 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 172, “Removal of Permanent Identifier” has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 9 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 7 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. Full results can be seen on the ballot tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines The following motion has been proposed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and endorsed by Rick Andrews of Symantec and Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert:
July 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 172, “Removal of Permanent Identifier” has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 9 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 7 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. Full results can be seen on the ballot tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines The following motion has been proposed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and endorsed by Rick Andrews of Symantec and Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert:
Ballot 171 – Updating the ETSI standards in the CABF documents
July 1, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 171, “Updating ETSI standards in CABF documents” is now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. Full voting results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 171 – Updating the ETSI standards in the CABF documents The following motion has been proposed by Iñigo Barreira of Izenpe and endorsed by Mads Henriksveen of Buypass, Jochem van den Berge of Logius PKIoverheid and Arno Fiedler of D-trust
July 1, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 171, “Updating ETSI standards in CABF documents” is now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. Full voting results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 171 – Updating the ETSI standards in the CABF documents The following motion has been proposed by Iñigo Barreira of Izenpe and endorsed by Mads Henriksveen of Buypass, Jochem van den Berge of Logius PKIoverheid and Arno Fiedler of D-trust
2016-06-23 Minutes
June 23, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes of Meeting held June 23, 2016 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Erwann Abalea (Docusign), Geoff Keating (Apple), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Aas (Let’s Encrypt), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Moudrick Dadashov (SSC), Neil Dunbar (Trustcor), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Philip Hallam Baker (Comodo), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy). Special guests: Amy Zirkle (Electronic Transactions Association), Charles Bretz (FS-ISAC), Eric Mill (Independent).
June 23, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes of Meeting held June 23, 2016 Attendees: Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Curt Spann (Apple), Dean Coclin (Symantec), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Erwann Abalea (Docusign), Geoff Keating (Apple), Jeremy Rowley (Digicert), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Josh Aas (Let’s Encrypt), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Kirk Hall (Entrust), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Moudrick Dadashov (SSC), Neil Dunbar (Trustcor), Patrick Tronnier (OATI), Peter Bowen (Amazon), Peter Miscovic (Disig), Philip Hallam Baker (Comodo), Robin Alden (Comodo), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Hollebeek (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Wayne Thayer (GoDaddy). Special guests: Amy Zirkle (Electronic Transactions Association), Charles Bretz (FS-ISAC), Eric Mill (Independent).
Ballot 170 – Amend Section 5.1 of Baseline Requirements
June 16, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 170, Amend section 5.1 of BRs, has now closed. The following are the results: From the CAs, we received 11 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 2 YES votes, 2 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot fails. Dean Coclin Chair CA/B Forum Ballot 170 – Amend Section 5.1 of Baseline Requirements The Policy Review Working Group has reviewed Section 5.1 of the Baseline Requirements and, as a result, suggests that certain changes be made. Therefore, the following motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of DigiCert and endorsed by Robin Alden of Comodo and Li-Chun CHEN of Chunghwa Telecom:
June 16, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 170, Amend section 5.1 of BRs, has now closed. The following are the results: From the CAs, we received 11 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 2 YES votes, 2 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot fails. Dean Coclin Chair CA/B Forum Ballot 170 – Amend Section 5.1 of Baseline Requirements The Policy Review Working Group has reviewed Section 5.1 of the Baseline Requirements and, as a result, suggests that certain changes be made. Therefore, the following motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of DigiCert and endorsed by Robin Alden of Comodo and Li-Chun CHEN of Chunghwa Telecom:
2016-06-09 Minutes
June 9, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes June 9, 2016 Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), JC Jones (Mozilla), Jeff Stapleton (Wells Fargo), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (US PKI), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Moudrick Dadashov (SSC), Peter Bowen (Amazon)Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple).
June 9, 2016 by Ben WilsonMinutes June 9, 2016 Attendees: Andrew Whalley (Google), Atsushi Inaba (Globalsign), Ben Wilson (Digicert), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (Harica), Doug Beattie (Globalsign), Eddy Nigg (Startcom), JC Jones (Mozilla), Jeff Stapleton (Wells Fargo), Jody Cloutier (Microsoft), Jos Purvis (Cisco), Ken Myers (US PKI), Kirk Hall (Trend Micro), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Mads Henriksveen (BuyPass), Moudrick Dadashov (SSC), Peter Bowen (Amazon)Peter Miscovic (Disig), Rich Smith (Comodo), Rick Andrews (Symantec), Ryan Sleevi (Google), Tim Shirley (Trustwave), Tyler Myers (GoDaddy), Virginia Fournier (Apple).