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Ballot SC60: Membership of ZT Browser
February 1, 2023 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 12 votes total, with 7 abstentions: 4 Issuers voting YES: Entrust, HARICA, Izenpe, Telia 1 Issuers voting NO: SwissSign 7 Issuers ABSTAIN: Actalis, DigiCert, D-Trust, JPRS, OISTE, SECOM Trust Systems, SSL.com Certificate Consumers 4 votes total, with no abstentions: 0 Consumers voting YES 4 Consumers voting NO: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(6) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
February 1, 2023 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 12 votes total, with 7 abstentions: 4 Issuers voting YES: Entrust, HARICA, Izenpe, Telia 1 Issuers voting NO: SwissSign 7 Issuers ABSTAIN: Actalis, DigiCert, D-Trust, JPRS, OISTE, SECOM Trust Systems, SSL.com Certificate Consumers 4 votes total, with no abstentions: 0 Consumers voting YES 4 Consumers voting NO: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(6) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
Ballot SMC01 – Adopt S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0
January 1, 2023 by Ben WilsonThe Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot SMC-001 (Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of January 01, 2023. The S/MIME BR become effective on September 01, 2023. The S/MIME Baseline Requirements version 1.0.0 is available in PDF form here in accordance with the Bylaws. Results of SMC01v3: Final Guideline for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements” The voting period for ballot SMC01v3 (Final Guideline for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements”) has completed, and the ballot has passed.
January 1, 2023 by Ben WilsonThe Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot SMC-001 (Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of January 01, 2023. The S/MIME BR become effective on September 01, 2023. The S/MIME Baseline Requirements version 1.0.0 is available in PDF form here in accordance with the Bylaws. Results of SMC01v3: Final Guideline for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements” The voting period for ballot SMC01v3 (Final Guideline for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements”) has completed, and the ballot has passed.
Ballot SC58 – Require distributionPoint in sharded CRLs
November 11, 2022 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: TrustCor, Disig, Entrust, JPRS, Kamu SM, SECOM, Chunghwa Telecom, Fastly, SecureTrust, GDCA, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, Sectigo, SSL.com, eMudhra, Certinomis, Izenpe, Digicert, OISTE 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 3 votes total, with no abstentions: 3 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(f) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
November 11, 2022 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: TrustCor, Disig, Entrust, JPRS, Kamu SM, SECOM, Chunghwa Telecom, Fastly, SecureTrust, GDCA, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, Sectigo, SSL.com, eMudhra, Certinomis, Izenpe, Digicert, OISTE 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 3 votes total, with no abstentions: 3 Consumers voting YES: Apple, Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(f) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
Ballot SC56: 2022 Cleanup
October 25, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GlobalSign, HARICA, Izenpe, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, TrustCor, Visa 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(f) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
October 25, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions: 19 Issuers voting YES: Buypass, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GlobalSign, HARICA, Izenpe, JPRS, Let’s Encrypt / ISRG, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, TrustCor, Visa 0 Issuers voting NO 0 Issuers ABSTAIN Certificate Consumers 2 votes total, with no abstentions: 2 Consumers voting YES: Google, Mozilla 0 Consumers voting NO 0 Consumers ABSTAIN Bylaws Requirements Bylaw 2.3(f) requires: A “yes” vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes.
SMC-002 Confirmation Ballot for Vice Chair
October 22, 2022 by Ben WilsonVoting Results Following a ballot, Martijn Katerbarg has been confirmed to act as Vice Chair of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group (SMCWG) for a two-year term, commencing November 1. Thank you to Mads Henriksveen of Buypass who previously served in the role of SMCWG Vice Chair as the working group developed the draft S/MIME Baseline Requirements. Ballot A single nomination has been received for Vice Chair of the SMCWG. Thus a confirmation ballot will be held.
October 22, 2022 by Ben WilsonVoting Results Following a ballot, Martijn Katerbarg has been confirmed to act as Vice Chair of the S/MIME Certificate Working Group (SMCWG) for a two-year term, commencing November 1. Thank you to Mads Henriksveen of Buypass who previously served in the role of SMCWG Vice Chair as the working group developed the draft S/MIME Baseline Requirements. Ballot A single nomination has been received for Vice Chair of the SMCWG. Thus a confirmation ballot will be held.
Ballot CSC-17: Subscriber Private Key Extension
September 27, 2022 by Corey BonnellNotice of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on October 28, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-10-28, are available here. This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period is for a Final Maintenance Guideline (30 day Review Period). The complete Draft Guideline subject of this Review Notice is available here.
September 27, 2022 by Corey BonnellNotice of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on October 28, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-10-28, are available here. This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period is for a Final Maintenance Guideline (30 day Review Period). The complete Draft Guideline subject of this Review Notice is available here.
Ballot CSC-15 – Summer 2022 Cleanup
August 18, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on September 19, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-09-19, are available here. This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period is for a Final Maintenance Guideline (30 day Review Period). The complete Draft Guideline subject of this Review Notice is available here.
August 18, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on September 19, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-09-19, are available here. This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period is for a Final Maintenance Guideline (30 day Review Period). The complete Draft Guideline subject of this Review Notice is available here.
Ballot FORUM-18 – Allow Re-election of CWG Chairs and Vice Chairs
August 3, 2022 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot Forum-18 has closed and the quorum was met. Results are below: CAs voting in favor: Actalis, Buypass, Comsign, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, JPRS, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, TrustCor, Visa Against: None Abstaining: None Certificate Consumers voting in Favor: Apple, Google, Mozilla, 360 Against: None Abstaining: None Therefore the ballot has PASSED. Since this ballot does not involve IPR, there will be no IPR review.
August 3, 2022 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot Forum-18 has closed and the quorum was met. Results are below: CAs voting in favor: Actalis, Buypass, Comsign, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Fastly, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, JPRS, OISTE, SECOM, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, TrustCor, Visa Against: None Abstaining: None Certificate Consumers voting in Favor: Apple, Google, Mozilla, 360 Against: None Abstaining: None Therefore the ballot has PASSED. Since this ballot does not involve IPR, there will be no IPR review.
Ballot CSC-14 – Convert Code Signing Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework
May 26, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on June 25, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-06-29, are available here. Summary of Review Ballot for Review Ballot CSC-14 – Convert Code Signing Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework Start of Review Period 26 May 2022 at 18:00 UTC End of Review Period 25 June 2022 at 18:00 UTC Members with any Essential Claim(s) to exclude must forward a written Notice to Exclude Essential Claims to the Working Group Chair (email to ) and also submit a copy to the CA/B Forum public mailing list (email to ) before the end of the Review Period.
May 26, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.) The IPR review period ended on June 25, 2022 and no exclusion notices were filed. The final documents, with the effective date being 2022-06-29, are available here. Summary of Review Ballot for Review Ballot CSC-14 – Convert Code Signing Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework Start of Review Period 26 May 2022 at 18:00 UTC End of Review Period 25 June 2022 at 18:00 UTC Members with any Essential Claim(s) to exclude must forward a written Notice to Exclude Essential Claims to the Working Group Chair (email to ) and also submit a copy to the CA/B Forum public mailing list (email to ) before the end of the Review Period.
2022-05-05 Pre-Ballot Discussion Period for S/MIME Baseline Requirements
May 5, 2022 by Stephen DavidsonThe S/MIME Certificate Working Group (SMCWG) of the CA/Browser Forum commences a 30-day pre-ballot discussion of the draft text of the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (S/MIME BR). The S/MIME BR describes an integrated set of technologies, protocols, identity-proofing, lifecycle management, and auditing requirements for certificate Issuers. The draft is the culmination of work started in 2020 by a group of Certificate Issuers, Certificate Consumers (including both email user agents and email service providers), as well as other interested parties such as audit schemes and industry groups.
May 5, 2022 by Stephen DavidsonThe S/MIME Certificate Working Group (SMCWG) of the CA/Browser Forum commences a 30-day pre-ballot discussion of the draft text of the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (S/MIME BR). The S/MIME BR describes an integrated set of technologies, protocols, identity-proofing, lifecycle management, and auditing requirements for certificate Issuers. The draft is the culmination of work started in 2020 by a group of Certificate Issuers, Certificate Consumers (including both email user agents and email service providers), as well as other interested parties such as audit schemes and industry groups.