CA/Browser Forum posts
2012-12-06 Minutes
December 6, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 6 December 2012 Version 1 Present: Rick Andrews, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Yngve Pettersen, Atsushi Inaba, Eddy Nigg, Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Wayne Thayer, Ryan Koski, Ryan Sleevi, Geoff Keating, Gerv Markham, Rich Smith, and Håvard Molland. Agenda Review: the agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 19 Nov 2012: The minutes of 19 November 2012 were approved as published. Report on ETSI CA Day: Among those in attendance were Yngve, Ben, Robin, Mads, Sissel, Iñigo, Dean, Tom, Arno, Nick Pope, Steve R., Tony Nagel, Moudrick, and several others. During CA Day, Dean, Ben and Robin provided an update on the implementation of the Baseline Requirements. One of the main topics during CA Day was CA auditing, and Nick Pope, Iñigo, Arno, and Christoph Sutter updated attendees on CA auditing and the work of ETSI STFs. (See Arno’s email dated 18-Dec-2012.) Representatives of the European Commission explained the proposed update of regulations concerning the 1999 Electronic Signature Directive (1999/93/EC). The main purpose of the regulations is to remove legal barriers to cross-border transactions (see this document), but it might also include an initiative to regulate SSL certificates. The approach would be to recognize EV certificates as “qualified website authentication certificates” IF the issuer is subject to member state supervision. Ben said he had reviewed the draft regulation (this link) and that it did not go into those specific details. Ben also reported that several CAs in the meeting questioned the efficacy of that solution because there would not be any further browser enhancement of trust displays for such certificates. He also said that he had suggested that EV could be used as a standalone solution and that the EC should tailor a separate solution around the perceived problem, whatever it is that they are trying to solve, e.g. Diginotar, etc.
December 6, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 6 December 2012 Version 1 Present: Rick Andrews, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Yngve Pettersen, Atsushi Inaba, Eddy Nigg, Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Wayne Thayer, Ryan Koski, Ryan Sleevi, Geoff Keating, Gerv Markham, Rich Smith, and Håvard Molland. Agenda Review: the agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 19 Nov 2012: The minutes of 19 November 2012 were approved as published. Report on ETSI CA Day: Among those in attendance were Yngve, Ben, Robin, Mads, Sissel, Iñigo, Dean, Tom, Arno, Nick Pope, Steve R., Tony Nagel, Moudrick, and several others. During CA Day, Dean, Ben and Robin provided an update on the implementation of the Baseline Requirements. One of the main topics during CA Day was CA auditing, and Nick Pope, Iñigo, Arno, and Christoph Sutter updated attendees on CA auditing and the work of ETSI STFs. (See Arno’s email dated 18-Dec-2012.) Representatives of the European Commission explained the proposed update of regulations concerning the 1999 Electronic Signature Directive (1999/93/EC). The main purpose of the regulations is to remove legal barriers to cross-border transactions (see this document), but it might also include an initiative to regulate SSL certificates. The approach would be to recognize EV certificates as “qualified website authentication certificates” IF the issuer is subject to member state supervision. Ben said he had reviewed the draft regulation (this link) and that it did not go into those specific details. Ben also reported that several CAs in the meeting questioned the efficacy of that solution because there would not be any further browser enhancement of trust displays for such certificates. He also said that he had suggested that EV could be used as a standalone solution and that the EC should tailor a separate solution around the perceived problem, whatever it is that they are trying to solve, e.g. Diginotar, etc.
CA/Browser Forum adopts Bylaws
November 23, 2012 by Ben WilsonOn November 23, 2012, the CA/Browser Forum adopted its first formal bylaws that document and update the forum’s rules of governance, including rules for public participation in the forum’s activities.
November 23, 2012 by Ben WilsonOn November 23, 2012, the CA/Browser Forum adopted its first formal bylaws that document and update the forum’s rules of governance, including rules for public participation in the forum’s activities.
Ballot 94 – Adoption of CA/Browser Forum Bylaws
November 23, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 94 – Adoption of CA/Browser Forum Bylaws (Passed Unanimously) Motion
November 23, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 94 – Adoption of CA/Browser Forum Bylaws (Passed Unanimously) Motion
2012-11-08 Minutes
November 8, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 8 November 2012 Version 1 Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Dean Coclin, Yngve Pettersen, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Koski, Kirk Hall, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, and Robin Alden Agenda Review The agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 25 Oct 2012 Minutes of 25 October 2012 were approved as published. Review Ballot Status Ballot 93 recently passed. Ballot 92 was pulled. No other ballots are pending. Yngve would like to post a ballot for Ballot 7, but currently there are no other ballots pending.
November 8, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 8 November 2012 Version 1 Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Dean Coclin, Yngve Pettersen, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Koski, Kirk Hall, Wayne Thayer, Jeremy Rowley, and Robin Alden Agenda Review The agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 25 Oct 2012 Minutes of 25 October 2012 were approved as published. Review Ballot Status Ballot 93 recently passed. Ballot 92 was pulled. No other ballots are pending. Yngve would like to post a ballot for Ballot 7, but currently there are no other ballots pending.
Ballot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21)
November 7, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21) (Passed Unanimously) Motion Effective immediately, except as to Part E below. Erratum begins A. (Issue #8) Add the following as 10.2.5:
November 7, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21) (Passed Unanimously) Motion Effective immediately, except as to Part E below. Erratum begins A. (Issue #8) Add the following as 10.2.5:
2012-11-19 Minutes
November 4, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 19 November 2012 Version 1 Present: Rick Andrews, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Yngve Pettersen, Atsushi Inaba, Eddy Nigg, Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Wayne Thayer, Ryan Koski, Steve Roylance, Gerv Markham, Stephen Davidson, and Robin Alden Agenda Review: the agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 8 Nov 2012: The minutes of 8 November 2012 were approved as published. Review of Ballots: Ballot 94 (Governance Reform) is in the voting period and closes on Friday. Ballot 92 has been split into 3 segments. Rick and Geoff are looking at the IDN issue, Jeremy sent Robin a draft ballot to address new gTLDs, and Steve Roylance has proposed a ballot to address SANs. Also, during the last call, Jeremy was asked to take a look at BR Issue 4, and he has prepared something that will be proposed in the future.
November 4, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 19 November 2012 Version 1 Present: Rick Andrews, Ben Wilson, Kirk Hall, Yngve Pettersen, Atsushi Inaba, Eddy Nigg, Jeremy Rowley, Dean Coclin, Mads Henriksveen, Wayne Thayer, Ryan Koski, Steve Roylance, Gerv Markham, Stephen Davidson, and Robin Alden Agenda Review: the agenda was reviewed. Approve Minutes of 8 Nov 2012: The minutes of 8 November 2012 were approved as published. Review of Ballots: Ballot 94 (Governance Reform) is in the voting period and closes on Friday. Ballot 92 has been split into 3 segments. Rick and Geoff are looking at the IDN issue, Jeremy sent Robin a draft ballot to address new gTLDs, and Steve Roylance has proposed a ballot to address SANs. Also, during the last call, Jeremy was asked to take a look at BR Issue 4, and he has prepared something that will be proposed in the future.
2012-10-25 Minutes
October 25, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 25 October 2012 Version 1 Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Kirk Hall, Gerv Markham, Brad Hill, Jeremy Rowley, Wayne Thayer, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Koski, Mads Henriksveen, Marc Braner, Yngve Pettersen, and Geoff Keating Agenda review The agenda was reviewed and Item 7 (Review of IPR Policy) was moved ahead of Item 4 (Ballot 89). Minutes of Meeting 11-October-2012 Minutes of 11 October 2012 were approved as published.
October 25, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 25 October 2012 Version 1 Present: Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Kirk Hall, Gerv Markham, Brad Hill, Jeremy Rowley, Wayne Thayer, Rick Andrews, Dean Coclin, Eddy Nigg, Ryan Koski, Mads Henriksveen, Marc Braner, Yngve Pettersen, and Geoff Keating Agenda review The agenda was reviewed and Item 7 (Review of IPR Policy) was moved ahead of Item 4 (Ballot 89). Minutes of Meeting 11-October-2012 Minutes of 11 October 2012 were approved as published.
Ballot 91 – Chair and Vice-Chair Election
October 22, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 91 – Chair and Vice-Chair Election (Passed) Motion Kirk Hall made the following motion, and Gerv Markham, Ryan Hurst, and Eddy Nigg endorsed it: Motion begins RESOLVED: That Ben Wilson be elected Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a two-year term, and that Dean Coclin be elected as Vice Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a two-year term (to serve as Chair in Ben Wilson’s absence).
October 22, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 91 – Chair and Vice-Chair Election (Passed) Motion Kirk Hall made the following motion, and Gerv Markham, Ryan Hurst, and Eddy Nigg endorsed it: Motion begins RESOLVED: That Ben Wilson be elected Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a two-year term, and that Dean Coclin be elected as Vice Chair of the CA/Browser Forum for a two-year term (to serve as Chair in Ben Wilson’s absence).
2012-10-11 Minutes
October 11, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 11 October 2012 Version 1 Present: Dean Coclin, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Jeremy Rowley, Brad Hill, Geoff Keating, Gerv Markham, Robin Alden, Rick Andrews, and Ryan Koski Agenda review The agenda was reviewed. Minutes of Meeting 20-Sept-2012 Minutes of 20 September 2012 were approved as published. Ballot status It was noted that the only open ballot was Ballot 91 for election of a chair and vice-chair. Dean asked about Ballot 89, and Rick said that he was updating the EV processing requirements based on comments from Kathleen Wilson. The group noted that Yngve’s proposed ballot on BR issues 6, 8, 10 and 21 had been posted on the wiki. Ben said he still needed to clean it up and assign a ballot number to it. On BR issues 15 and 29, those had been modified a bit by Rick, but after Bruce left Steve Roylance became the owner of it. Dean asked Atsushi to touch base with Steve. Ben asked about whether there was still any confusion between IDNA2003 and IDNA2008. Brad said that we’re moving to IDNA2008, which is good.
October 11, 2012 by Ben WilsonNotes of meeting CAB Forum 11 October 2012 Version 1 Present: Dean Coclin, Ben Wilson, Atsushi Inaba, Kirk Hall, Eddy Nigg, Mads Henriksveen, Sissel Hoel, Jeremy Rowley, Brad Hill, Geoff Keating, Gerv Markham, Robin Alden, Rick Andrews, and Ryan Koski Agenda review The agenda was reviewed. Minutes of Meeting 20-Sept-2012 Minutes of 20 September 2012 were approved as published. Ballot status It was noted that the only open ballot was Ballot 91 for election of a chair and vice-chair. Dean asked about Ballot 89, and Rick said that he was updating the EV processing requirements based on comments from Kathleen Wilson. The group noted that Yngve’s proposed ballot on BR issues 6, 8, 10 and 21 had been posted on the wiki. Ben said he still needed to clean it up and assign a ballot number to it. On BR issues 15 and 29, those had been modified a bit by Rick, but after Bruce left Steve Roylance became the owner of it. Dean asked Atsushi to touch base with Steve. Ben asked about whether there was still any confusion between IDNA2003 and IDNA2008. Brad said that we’re moving to IDNA2008, which is good.