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Because of their active involvement in various technical working groups outside the CA/Browser Forum, Members of the Forum have developed and published guidance on a variety of topics and have also collected links to helpful external resources and tools. The Resources area of this web site is where you can look for guidance on certificate use, including network and server configuration, browser capabilities, results of research and news about the industry.

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