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    Ballot CSC-15 – Summer 2022 Cleanup
    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.
    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.)
    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.
    Ballot CSC-13 – Update to Subscriber Key Protection Requirements
    April 6, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Review Period (Mailing list post is available here.)
    Ballot SC54: Onion Cleanup
    March 24, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results Certificate Issuers 18 votes total, with no abstentions:
    Ballot CSC-6 – Update to Subscriber Private Key Protection Requirements
    March 2, 2022 by Corey BonnellResults of Voting (Mailing list post is available here.)
    Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
    February 8, 2022 by Ben WilsonThis email begins the discussion period for Ballot NS-001: Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements. PURPOSE OF BALLOT The 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. MOTION The following motion has been proposed by Clint Wilson of Apple and endorsed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and Ben Wilson of Mozilla. -–Motion Begins-– In accordance with the Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy of the CA/Browser Forum, version 1.7 of the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements are adopted in full. -–Motion Ends-– This ballot proposes a Final Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: Discussion (7+ days) Start Time: January 31 2022 17:00 UTC
    Ballot SC53: Sunset for SHA-1 OCSP Signing
    January 26, 2022 by Jos PurvisVoting Results The voting on ballot SC53 has completed, and the ballot has passed.
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