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Results on Ballot 185 The voting period for Ballot 185 has ended. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 25 votes total plus abstentions 1 Yes vote: Let’s Encrypt 24 No votes: DigiCert, Entrust, AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus, Izenpe, ANF Autoridad de Certificación, Comodo, Certinomis, HARICA, GlobalSign, Quo Vadis, GoDaddy, Actalis, Symantec, Trustwave, CFCA, Secom, TWCA, GDCA, Certum, OATI, Buypass, SHECA, …
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Ballot 186 – Limiting the Reuse of Validation Information
This ballot lacked endorsers.
Read More »Ballot 184 – RFC822 Names and otherNames
This ballot lacked endorsers.
Read More »Ballot 182 – Readopting BR 3.2.2.4 (Part 2)
Ballot 182 has failed – see results below. We will send out more information on what happens next. Ballot 182 Results CAs – 0 votes Browsers – 0 votes Result: Ballot 182 fails (requires 2/3 affirmative vote by CAs and majority affirmative vote by browsers). Quorum is 10 votes – quorum not achieved.
Read More »Ballot 181 – Readopting BR 3.2.2.4 (Part 1)
Ballot 181 has passed – see results below. We will send out more information on what happens next. Ballot 181 Results CAs – 18 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain (plus 2 yes votes on the Management list, which will not be counted) Browsers – 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain Result: Ballot 181 passes (requires 2/3 affirmative vote by CAs …
Read More »Ballot 180 – Readopting the BRs, EVGL, EV Code Signing, and NCSSR Guidelines with Amendments
Ballot 180 has passed – see results below. Ballot 180 Results CAs – 18 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain (plus one yes vote on the Management list, which will not be counted) Browsers – 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain Result: Ballot 180 passes (requires 2/3 affirmative vote by CAs and majority affirmative vote by browsers). Quorum is 10 votes …
Read More »Ballot 176 – Addition of CNAME verification to domain validation methods
This ballot was never presented.
Read More »Ballot 175 – Addition of given name and surname
Voting on Ballot 175, Addition of given name and surname, has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CA’s, we received 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 2 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention Therefore the ballot passes. Full ballot results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit#gid=4 Thanks, Dean …
Read More »Ballot 174 – Reform of Requirements Relating to Conflict with Local Laws
Voting on Ballot 174, “Reform of requirements relating to conflict with local laws” has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 21 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. CAs are required to make this change …
Read More »Ballot 169 – Revised Validation Requirements
Voting on Ballot 169, Revised Validation Requirements, has ended. Here are the results: From the CAs, we received 19 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore, the ballot passes unanimously. A big thank you to the validation working group for all your efforts in …
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