Tag Archives: Network Security

Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements

This email begins the discussion period for Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements. PURPOSE OF BALLOTThe purpose of this ballot is for the Networking Security Working Group to formally adopt version 1.7 of the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements as currently published by the CA/Browser Forum.  MOTIONThe following motion has been proposed by Clint Wilson of …

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2022-02-01 Minutes of the Network Security Working Group

Clint Wilson leading the meeting. Request a volunteer for minutes. Dan Jeffery volunteers. Clint reads the antitrust statement Attendees: Adam Jones, Antti Backman, Ben Wilson, Brittany Randal, Christophe Bonjean, Clint Wilson, Corey Bonnell, Corey Rasmussen, Curt Spann, Daniel Jeffery, Daryn Wright, David Kluge, Dustin Hollenback, Israel Ventura, Jillian Karner, Kati Davids, Martjin Katerbarg, Niko Carpenter, Prachi Jain, Roman Fischer, Ruben …

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2022-01-18 Minutes of the Network Security Working Group

The following minutes were approved in the February 1, 2022 meeting of the NetSec WG. Net Sec WG – 1st Meeting – Jan. 18, 2022 Present:  Ben Wilson – Mozilla, Don Sheehy – WebTrust, Dustin Ward – SSL.com, Martijn Katerbarg – Sectigo, Thomas Connelly – Federal PKI, Brittany Randall – GoDaddy, Clint Wilson – Apple, Kati Davids – GoDaddy, Samantha Frank – …

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Ballot Forum-17 – Creation of Network Security Working Group

The voting on ballot FORUM-17 has completed, and the ballot has passed. Voting Results Certificate Issuers 22 votes total, with no abstentions: 22 Yes votes: Buypass, Certum (Asseco), D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, E-TUGRA, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt/ISRG, MSC Trustgate, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, SecureTrust,0 No Votes0 Abstentions NOTE: A vote placed by GlobalTrust was …

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Ballot SC40 – Security Requirements for Air-Gapped CA Systems

This ballot was withdrawn and/or failed to go to a vote. This is a continuation of discussion on the air-gapped CA ballot. (As noted below, this formally continues the discussion for this ballot, as of 2021-02-08 17:00 UTC. This discussion period will continue until initiation of the Voting Period (TBD) unless extended or as otherwise determined, pursuant to the CA/Browser …

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Ballot SC38: Alignment of Record Archival

This ballot failed to go to a vote and failed pursuant to the Bylaws. This begins the discussion period for Ballot SC38: Alignment of RecordArchival (which I circulated a little while ago).The following ballot is proposed by Neil Dunbar of TrustCor Systems andendorsed by David Kluge of Google Trust Services and Ben Wilson of Mozilla.Purpose of Ballot:After the updated language …

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Ballot SC32 – NCSSRs Zones

This ballot failed pursuant to the Bylaws. This email begins the discussion period for Ballot SC32. Purpose of Ballot: To remove ambiguity and delineate requirements for physical security and logical security. The Network and Certificate System Security Requirements (NCSSRs) were drafted with the concept of physical and logical “Zones” (Secure Zones, High Security Zones, and everything else outside those zones). …

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Ballot SC20: System Configuration Management

This ballot failed. Purpose of Ballot: Section 1(h) of the Network and Certification Systems Security Requirements provides that CAs shall: Review configurations of Issuing Systems, Certificate Management Systems, Security Support Systems, and Front-End / Internal-Support Systems on at least a weekly basis to determine whether any changes violated the CA’s security policies; In relation to this requirement the WebTrust/PKI Assurance …

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Ballot 210 – Misc. Changes to the NCSSR

Results on Ballot 210 – Misc. Changes to the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements The voting period for Ballot 210 has ended and the ballot has passed.  Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 18 votes total including abstentions   18 Yes votes: Amazon, Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, …

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