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Baseline Requirements for TLS Server Certificates and Extended Validation (EV) Guidelines

These documents are maintained by the Server Certificate Working Group.

Baseline Requirements for Code Signing Certificates

This document is maintained by the Code Signing Certificate Working Group.

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements

This document is maintained by the Network Security Working Group.

Bylaws

CA/Browser Forum Bylaws are available on the Bylaws page.

Intellectual Property Rights Policy Documents

IPR documents are available on the IPR Policy page.

Guidance on Deprecation of Use of Internal Names and IP Addresses

Guidance on the Deprecation of Use of Internal Names and IP Addresses is available here.

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
v1.0.7 - Ballot SMC09 - Nov 25, 2024

This ballot includes updates for the following: • Require pre-linting of leaf end entity Certificates starting September 15, 2025 • Require WebTrust for Network Security for audits starting after April 1, 2025 • Clarify that multiple certificatePolicy OIDs are allowed in end entity certificates • Clarify use of organizationIdentifer references • Update of Appendix A.2 Natural Person Identifiers This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Clint Wilson (Apple) and Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo).

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