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Ballot 125 – CAA Records (passed)
October 14, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 125 – CAA Records Voting on Ballot 125 – CAA Records closed on 14 October 2014. The Chair received “yes” votes from Actalis, ANF, Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Google, Logius PKIoverheid, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opentrust, Opera, SECOM Trust Systems, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, TWCA, and WoSign. Certinomis, Izenpe, Kamu Sertifikasyon Merkezi, TURKTRUST, and StartCom abstained. Therefore, Ballot 125 passed. Rick Andrews of Symantec made the following motion and Jeremy Rowley of Digicert and Ryan Sleevi of Google have endorsed it:
October 14, 2014 by Ben WilsonBallot 125 – CAA Records Voting on Ballot 125 – CAA Records closed on 14 October 2014. The Chair received “yes” votes from Actalis, ANF, Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Google, Logius PKIoverheid, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opentrust, Opera, SECOM Trust Systems, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, TWCA, and WoSign. Certinomis, Izenpe, Kamu Sertifikasyon Merkezi, TURKTRUST, and StartCom abstained. Therefore, Ballot 125 passed. Rick Andrews of Symantec made the following motion and Jeremy Rowley of Digicert and Ryan Sleevi of Google have endorsed it:
Ballot 132 – EV Code Signing Timestamp Validity Period (passed)
September 16, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 132 (amending the EV Code Signing Timestamp Validity Period) closed 16 September 2014. Voting in favor were: Actalis, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, OpenTrust, Symantec, Trend Micro, WoSign, ANF, Certum, Mozilla and Microsoft. There were no votes against and no abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 132 passed. Ballot 132 – EV Code Signing Timestamp Validity Period Rationale for Ballot 132 Ideally, TSA services should be consistent across the multiple services that rely on them (Code Signing, EV Code Signing, AATLs, etc.
September 16, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 132 (amending the EV Code Signing Timestamp Validity Period) closed 16 September 2014. Voting in favor were: Actalis, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, OpenTrust, Symantec, Trend Micro, WoSign, ANF, Certum, Mozilla and Microsoft. There were no votes against and no abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 132 passed. Ballot 132 – EV Code Signing Timestamp Validity Period Rationale for Ballot 132 Ideally, TSA services should be consistent across the multiple services that rely on them (Code Signing, EV Code Signing, AATLs, etc.
Ballot 131 – Update to Verified Method of Communication (passed)
September 12, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 131 (Update to Verified Method of Communication) closed last Friday. Voting in favor were: Actalis, Buypass, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM Trust, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, Trustis, TURKTRUST, WoSign and Mozilla. There were no votes against and no abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 131 passed. Ballot 131 – Update to Verified Method of Communication The EV Guidelines Working Group has revisited Section 11.4 of the EV Guidelines (Applicant’s Physical Existence) and has decided that it is best to split it into two separate sections.
September 12, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 131 (Update to Verified Method of Communication) closed last Friday. Voting in favor were: Actalis, Buypass, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, Entrust, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM Trust, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, Trustis, TURKTRUST, WoSign and Mozilla. There were no votes against and no abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 131 passed. Ballot 131 – Update to Verified Method of Communication The EV Guidelines Working Group has revisited Section 11.4 of the EV Guidelines (Applicant’s Physical Existence) and has decided that it is best to split it into two separate sections.
Ballot 129 – PSL in BR 11.1.3 (passed)
August 4, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 129 closed on 4 August 2014. Voting in Favor were: DigiCert, Disig, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, WoSign, and Mozilla. None were opposed and none abstained. Quorum was met and Ballot 129 passed resulting in Baseline_Requirements_V1_1_9. Gerv Markham of Mozilla made the following motion, and Ben Wilson from Digicert and Rick Andrews from Symantec have endorsed it. Reason for Ballot This ballot simply clarifies how to use the “Public Suffix List” (PSL) in Section 11.
August 4, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 129 closed on 4 August 2014. Voting in Favor were: DigiCert, Disig, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, WoSign, and Mozilla. None were opposed and none abstained. Quorum was met and Ballot 129 passed resulting in Baseline_Requirements_V1_1_9. Gerv Markham of Mozilla made the following motion, and Ben Wilson from Digicert and Rick Andrews from Symantec have endorsed it. Reason for Ballot This ballot simply clarifies how to use the “Public Suffix List” (PSL) in Section 11.
Ballot 126 – Operational Existence (passed)
July 24, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 126 closed on 24 July 2014. Voting in favor were Comodo, DigiCert, Network Solutions, QuoVadis, Symantec, Trend Micro, WoSign, and Mozilla. Visa abstained. Quorum was met and Ballot 126 passed, resulting in EV SSL Certificate Guidelines Version 1.5.0. Ballot 126 – Operational Existence Jeremy Rowley of Digicert made the following motion and Cecilia Kam of Symantec and Doug Beattie of GlobalSign have endorsed it: Reason(s) for Ballot 126:** Problem**(s)** **with Current Wording A – Section 11.
July 24, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 126 closed on 24 July 2014. Voting in favor were Comodo, DigiCert, Network Solutions, QuoVadis, Symantec, Trend Micro, WoSign, and Mozilla. Visa abstained. Quorum was met and Ballot 126 passed, resulting in EV SSL Certificate Guidelines Version 1.5.0. Ballot 126 – Operational Existence Jeremy Rowley of Digicert made the following motion and Cecilia Kam of Symantec and Doug Beattie of GlobalSign have endorsed it: Reason(s) for Ballot 126:** Problem**(s)** **with Current Wording A – Section 11.
Ballot 127 – Verification of Agency in EV Guidelines 11.7.2 (passes)
July 17, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 127 We received Yes votes from Actalis, Buypass, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, WoSign, and Mozilla. There were no Nay votes and no Abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 127 passes. Version 1.4.9 of the EV Guidelines can be found here: EV SSL Certificate Guidelines Version 1.4.9 = = = This ballot was discussed previously by the EV Working Group and by the group in attendance at the face-to-face in Eilat.
July 17, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 127 We received Yes votes from Actalis, Buypass, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, WoSign, and Mozilla. There were no Nay votes and no Abstentions. Therefore, Ballot 127 passes. Version 1.4.9 of the EV Guidelines can be found here: EV SSL Certificate Guidelines Version 1.4.9 = = = This ballot was discussed previously by the EV Working Group and by the group in attendance at the face-to-face in Eilat.
Ballot 128 – CP Review Working Group (passes)
July 9, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting closed on July 9, 2014. In Favor: Buypass, DigiCert, GlobalSign, OPENTRUST, QuoVadis, SECOM, Symantec, Trend Micro, TURKTRUST, WoSign, Opera, Mozilla and Microsoft. Abstaining: Actalis Result: Ballot passes. Ballot 128 – CP Review Working Group During the CAB Forum face-to-face meeting, we discussed creating a working group to compare the NIST IR proposal and various with the existing CAB Forum work product. The group will also continue our contemplation on converting to a 3647 format to make future comparisons easier.
July 9, 2014 by Ben WilsonVoting closed on July 9, 2014. In Favor: Buypass, DigiCert, GlobalSign, OPENTRUST, QuoVadis, SECOM, Symantec, Trend Micro, TURKTRUST, WoSign, Opera, Mozilla and Microsoft. Abstaining: Actalis Result: Ballot passes. Ballot 128 – CP Review Working Group During the CAB Forum face-to-face meeting, we discussed creating a working group to compare the NIST IR proposal and various with the existing CAB Forum work product. The group will also continue our contemplation on converting to a 3647 format to make future comparisons easier.
Notice of IPR Review Period for Amendment to the EV Code Signing Guidelines by Ballot 117
July 7, 2014 by Ben WilsonPursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s IPR Policy, this is notice of the commencement of a 30-day IPR maintenance-guideline review period by which certain provisions of the IPR will become applicable to these recent changes made to the EV Code Signing Guidelines by Ballot 117. Ballot 117 clarified what is allowed in the Common Name and Subject Alternative Name fields, as set forth in sections 9.2.2 and 9.2.3 of the EV Code Signing Guidelines.
July 7, 2014 by Ben WilsonPursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s IPR Policy, this is notice of the commencement of a 30-day IPR maintenance-guideline review period by which certain provisions of the IPR will become applicable to these recent changes made to the EV Code Signing Guidelines by Ballot 117. Ballot 117 clarified what is allowed in the Common Name and Subject Alternative Name fields, as set forth in sections 9.2.2 and 9.2.3 of the EV Code Signing Guidelines.
Notice of IPR Review Period for Amendments Made to the EV Guidelines by Ballots 113, 114, 119, 120, and 124
July 7, 2014 by Ben WilsonPursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s IPR Policy, this is notice of the commencement of a 30-day IPR maintenance-guideline review period by which certain provisions of the IPR will become applicable to these recent changes made to the EV Guidelines by Ballots 113, 114, 119, 120, and 124. Ballot 113 revised the definition of a Qualified Independent Information Source in Section 11.10.5 of the EV Guidelines. Ballot 114 revised the definition of Business Entity, Private Organization, and Incorporating Agency in the EV Guidelines.
July 7, 2014 by Ben WilsonPursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s IPR Policy, this is notice of the commencement of a 30-day IPR maintenance-guideline review period by which certain provisions of the IPR will become applicable to these recent changes made to the EV Guidelines by Ballots 113, 114, 119, 120, and 124. Ballot 113 revised the definition of a Qualified Independent Information Source in Section 11.10.5 of the EV Guidelines. Ballot 114 revised the definition of Business Entity, Private Organization, and Incorporating Agency in the EV Guidelines.