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Object Registry of the CA / Browser Forum

The CA/Browser Forum node (assigned organization identifier) is: 2.23.140

{joint-iso-itu-t(2) international-organizations(23) ca-browser-forum(140)}

Here are the CA/B Forum-assigned Object Identifiers (OIDs):

  • certificate-policies(1)
  • extended-validation(1) — 2.23.140.1.1  (Certificate issued in compliance with the Extended Validation Guidelines)
  • baseline-requirements(2) — 2.23.140.1.2 (TLS Baseline Requirements)
  • domain-validated(1) — 2.23.140.1.2.1 (Certificate issued in compliance with the TLS Baseline Requirements – No entity identity asserted)
  • organization-validated(2) — 2.23.140.1.2.2 (Certificate issued in compliance with the TLS Baseline Requirements – Organization identity asserted)
  • individual-validated(3) — 2.23.140.1.2.3 (Certificate issued in compliance with the TLS Baseline Requirements – Individual identity asserted)
  • extended-validation-codesigning(3) — 2.23.140.1.3 (EV Code Signing Certificate issued in compliance with the Code Signing Baseline Requirements)
  • codesigning-requirements(4) codesigning(1) — 2.23.140.1.4.1 (Code Signing Certificate issued in compliance with the Code Signing Baseline Requirements)
  • codesigning-requirements(4) timestamping(2) — 2.23.140.1.4.2 (Timestamp Certificate issued in compliance with the Code Signing Baseline Requirements)
  • smime(5) — 2.23.140.1.5 (S/MIME Baseline Requirements)
  • mailbox-validated (1) legacy (1) — 2.23.140.1.5.1.1
  • mailbox-validated (1) multipurpose (2) — 2.23.140.1.5.1.2
  • mailbox-validated (1) strict (3) — 2.23.140.1.5.1.3
  • organization-validated (2) legacy (1) — 2.23.140.1.5.2.1
  • organization-validated (2) multipurpose (2) — 2.23.140.1.5.2.2
  • organization-validated (2) strict (3) — 2.23.140.1.5.2.3
  • sponsor-validated (3) legacy (1) — 2.23.140.1.5.3.1
  • sponsor-validated (3) multipurpose (2) — 2.23.140.1.5.3.2
  • sponsor-validated (3) strict (3) — 2.23.140.1.5.3.3
  • individual-validated (4) legacy (1) — 2.23.140.1.5.4.1
  • individual-validated (4) multipurpose (2) — 2.23.140.1.5.4.2
  • individual-validated (4) strict (3) — 2.23.140.1.5.4.3
  • onion-EV(31) — 2.23.140.1.31 (TOR Service Descriptor OID for EV TLS certificates for .onion)
  • certificate-extensions(2)
  • test-certificate(1) — 2.23.140.2.1 (Test certificate) Deprecated
  • certificate-extensions(3)
  • cabforganization-identifier(1) — 2.23.140.3.1 (CA/Browser Forum Organization Identifier Field used in EV)
  • cabf-caSigningNonce(41) - 2.23.140.41 (CA signing nonce attribute that contains a Random Value that is generated by the CA used for verifying Applicant’s control over a .onion service)
  • cabf-applicantSigningNonce(42) - 2.23.140.42 (Applicant signing nonce attribute that contains a single value with at least 64-bits of entropy that is generated by the Applicant used during the verification of Applicant’s control over a .onion service)
Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC100: DNSSEC Clarification and Consolidation - Sep 7, 2026

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
v1.0.16 - Ballot SMC018 - Sep 29, 2026

This ballot implements the requirements of CCADB Policy Section 6.3 relating to cross-certificates into the S/MIME BR effective immediately. The ballot also specifies that effective July 1, 2027 id-kp-emailProtection (mandatory) and the id-kp-clientAuth (optional) are the only extKeyUsage (EKU) permitted in both Subordinate CA Certificates and Subscriber Certificates. Finally, the ballot clarifies in the Definitions that Legacy Generation profiles were deprecated effective July 15, 2025. This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Dustin Hollinback (Apple) and Ashish Dhiman (GlobalSign)

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
Version 2.0.5 (Ballot NS-008) - Jul 9, 2025

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