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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 SC058: Require distributionPoint in sharded CRLs
November 11, 2022 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions:
November 11, 2022 by Iñigo BarreiraVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions:
Ballot SC056: 2022 Cleanup
October 25, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions:
October 25, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results Certificate Issuers 19 votes total, with no abstentions:
Ballot SMC02 - 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.
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.
Ballot CSC-17: Subscriber Private Key Extension
September 27, 2022 by Corey BonnellNotice of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
September 27, 2022 by Corey BonnellNotice of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
Ballot CSC-15 – Summer 2022 Cleanup
August 18, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
August 18, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post 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.)
May 26, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
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.
Ballot CSC-13 – Update to Subscriber Key Protection Requirements
April 6, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
April 6, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)