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Forum-level Ballots

Beginning with the adoption of the Extended Validation Guidelines in June 2007, the CA/Browser has tracked proposed ballots using a numbering system, and CA/Browser Forum member votes have become publicly available for votes occurring after February 2013. A tally of quorum and voting results is available here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjuWQ0oWc2scdDV5QWd5OGk1VWFfZW5XbWdDX1JqN2c#gid=4

Ballots by Status

Voting Period

  • FORUM-021: Forum Definitions and Glossary WG

Review Period

There are no ballots with the status "Review Period" in the Forum

Discussion Period

There are no ballots with the status "Discussion Period" in the Forum

Draft / Under Consideration

There are no ballots with the status "New" in the Forum
There are no ballots with the status "Pre-Ballot" in the Forum

Passed

  • Forum-30: Election of CA/Browser Forum Vice Chair
  • FORUM-28: Extend Duration of Forum IPR Subcommittee
  • FORUM-022: Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee
  • FORUM-020: Amend Code Signing Certificate Working Group Charter
  • FORUM-019: Amend Server Certificate Working Group Charter
  • FORUM-18 Update Bylaws to version 2.5

Cancelled

There are no ballots with the status "Cancelled" in the Forum

Failed

There are no ballots with the status "Ballot Failed" in the Forum

Information about Ballots

Working Group-level Ballots

You can locate the Working Group Ballots in the following links:

Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.6 - Ballot SMC08 - Aug 29, 2024

This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates: Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.0.5 of the TLS Baseline Requirements while the ballot activity for multi-perspective validation is concluded, and the SMCWG determines its corresponding course of action; Updates the reference for SmtpUTF8Mailbox from RFC 8398 to RFC 9598; and Small text corrections in the Reference section

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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