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Ballot SC41: Reformatting the BRs, EVGs, and NCSSRs
February 26, 2021 by Jos PurvisThe voting period for Ballot SC41v2 has concluded and the Ballot has Passed. Voting Results Certificate Issuers 2****1 votes total, with no abstentions 21 Yes votes: Buypass, Certum, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, ISRG (Let’s Encrypt), Izenpe, Kamu SM, Sectigo, SecureTrust, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustCor, Visa 0 No Votes 0 Abstentions Certificate Consumers 6 votes total, with no abstentions 6 Yes votes: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 0 No votes 0 Abstentions Bylaw Requirements Bylaw 2.
February 26, 2021 by Jos PurvisThe voting period for Ballot SC41v2 has concluded and the Ballot has Passed. Voting Results Certificate Issuers 2****1 votes total, with no abstentions 21 Yes votes: Buypass, Certum, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, ISRG (Let’s Encrypt), Izenpe, Kamu SM, Sectigo, SecureTrust, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustCor, Visa 0 No Votes 0 Abstentions Certificate Consumers 6 votes total, with no abstentions 6 Yes votes: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 0 No votes 0 Abstentions Bylaw Requirements Bylaw 2.
Ballot SC37: Election of Server Certificate Working Group Vice Chair
February 10, 2021 by Wayne ThayerThe voting period for Special Ballot SC37 has ended and the Ballot has Passed. Congratulations Wayne! Here are the results: Voting by Certificate Issuers – 20 votes total including abstentions – 20 Yes votes: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Kamu SM, OATI, OISTE, SSL.com, TrustCor, SecureTrust. – 0 No votes: – 0 Abstain: 100% of voting Certificate Issuers voted in favor.
February 10, 2021 by Wayne ThayerThe voting period for Special Ballot SC37 has ended and the Ballot has Passed. Congratulations Wayne! Here are the results: Voting by Certificate Issuers – 20 votes total including abstentions – 20 Yes votes: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Kamu SM, OATI, OISTE, SSL.com, TrustCor, SecureTrust. – 0 No votes: – 0 Abstain: 100% of voting Certificate Issuers voted in favor.
Ballot SC39v3: Definition of Critical Vulnerability
February 10, 2021 by Wayne ThayerThe voting period for Ballot SC39v3 has concluded and the Ballot has Passed. Voting Results Certificate Issuers 22 votes total, with no abstentions 23 Yes votes: Buypass, Camerfirma, Certum, Chunghwa Telecom, D-Trust, DigiCert, Disig, eMudgra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, Let’s Encrypt, NAVER, Sectigo, SecureTrust, SwissSign, TWCA, Telia Company, TrustCor, Visa 0 No Votes 0 Abstentions Certificate Consumers 5 votes total, with no abstentions 5 Yes votes: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla 0 No votes 0 Abstentions Bylaw Requirements Bylaw 2.
February 10, 2021 by Wayne ThayerThe voting period for Ballot SC39v3 has concluded and the Ballot has Passed. Voting Results Certificate Issuers 22 votes total, with no abstentions 23 Yes votes: Buypass, Camerfirma, Certum, Chunghwa Telecom, D-Trust, DigiCert, Disig, eMudgra, Entrust, Firmaprofesional, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, Let’s Encrypt, NAVER, Sectigo, SecureTrust, SwissSign, TWCA, Telia Company, TrustCor, Visa 0 No Votes 0 Abstentions Certificate Consumers 5 votes total, with no abstentions 5 Yes votes: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla 0 No votes 0 Abstentions Bylaw Requirements Bylaw 2.
Ballot SC40 – Security Requirements for Air-Gapped CA Systems
February 9, 2021 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn and/or failed to go to a vote. This is a continuation of discussion on the air-gapped CA ballot. (As noted below, this formally continues the discussion for this ballot, as of 2021-02-08 17:00 UTC. This discussion period will continue until initiation of the Voting Period (TBD) unless extended or as otherwise determined, pursuant to the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws. I renumbered the sections - 5.1 for logical security and 5.
February 9, 2021 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn and/or failed to go to a vote. This is a continuation of discussion on the air-gapped CA ballot. (As noted below, this formally continues the discussion for this ballot, as of 2021-02-08 17:00 UTC. This discussion period will continue until initiation of the Voting Period (TBD) unless extended or as otherwise determined, pursuant to the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws. I renumbered the sections - 5.1 for logical security and 5.
Ballot CSC-7v2: Update to merge EV and Non-EV clauses
February 2, 2021 by Ben WilsonVoting has closed on this ballot and the results are as follows: CAs voting in favor (7): Actalis, DigiCert, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA CAs opposed: None CAs abstaining: None Certificate Consumers voting in favor (1): Microsoft Certificate Consumers opposed: None Certificate Consumers abstaining: None Therefore the ballot CSC-7 passes. Purpose of the Ballot: The CSC-2 merger of the Code Signing BRs and the EV Code Signing Guidelines was done without technical changes.
February 2, 2021 by Ben WilsonVoting has closed on this ballot and the results are as follows: CAs voting in favor (7): Actalis, DigiCert, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA CAs opposed: None CAs abstaining: None Certificate Consumers voting in favor (1): Microsoft Certificate Consumers opposed: None Certificate Consumers abstaining: None Therefore the ballot CSC-7 passes. Purpose of the Ballot: The CSC-2 merger of the Code Signing BRs and the EV Code Signing Guidelines was done without technical changes.
Ballot SC38: Alignment of Record Archival
December 16, 2020 by Ben WilsonThis ballot failed to go to a vote and failed pursuant to the Bylaws. This begins the discussion period for Ballot SC38: Alignment of Record Archival (which I circulated a little while ago). The following ballot is proposed by Neil Dunbar of TrustCor Systems and endorsed by David Kluge of Google Trust Services and Ben Wilson of Mozilla. Purpose of Ballot: After the updated language included in SC28 Sections 5.4.3 and 5.
December 16, 2020 by Ben WilsonThis ballot failed to go to a vote and failed pursuant to the Bylaws. This begins the discussion period for Ballot SC38: Alignment of Record Archival (which I circulated a little while ago). The following ballot is proposed by Neil Dunbar of TrustCor Systems and endorsed by David Kluge of Google Trust Services and Ben Wilson of Mozilla. Purpose of Ballot: After the updated language included in SC28 Sections 5.4.3 and 5.
Ballot Forum 16 – Election of CA/Browser Forum Vice Chair
November 1, 2020 by Ben WilsonVoting on Special Ballot Forum 16 has now closed and the ballot has passed. Results are as follow: CAs voting in favor: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Kamu SM, OATI, OISTE, SECOM, SHECA, SSL.com, TWCA, TrustCor, SecureTrust CAs voting against: None CAs voting to abstain: None Browsers voting in favor: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 Browsers voting against: None
November 1, 2020 by Ben WilsonVoting on Special Ballot Forum 16 has now closed and the ballot has passed. Results are as follow: CAs voting in favor: Actalis, Buypass, Certum (Asseco), CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, Disig, eMudhra, Entrust Datacard, Firmaprofesional, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, iTrusChina, Kamu SM, OATI, OISTE, SECOM, SHECA, SSL.com, TWCA, TrustCor, SecureTrust CAs voting against: None CAs voting to abstain: None Browsers voting in favor: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 360 Browsers voting against: None
Special Ballot CSCWG-5: Election of Code Signing Certificate Working Group Vice Chair
October 29, 2020 by Ben WilsonSpecial Ballot CSCWG-5: Election of Code Signing Certificate Working Group Vice Chair The following motion has been proposed by the Code Signing Certificate Working Group Chair Dean Coclin of DigiCert. Purpose of Ballot This special ballot is to confirm the new Vice Chair of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group. Motion begins In accordance with Bylaw 4.1©, Bruce Morton representing Entrust is hereby elected Vice Chair of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group for a term commencing on November 1, 2020 and continuing through October 31, 2022.
October 29, 2020 by Ben WilsonSpecial Ballot CSCWG-5: Election of Code Signing Certificate Working Group Vice Chair The following motion has been proposed by the Code Signing Certificate Working Group Chair Dean Coclin of DigiCert. Purpose of Ballot This special ballot is to confirm the new Vice Chair of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group. Motion begins In accordance with Bylaw 4.1©, Bruce Morton representing Entrust is hereby elected Vice Chair of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group for a term commencing on November 1, 2020 and continuing through October 31, 2022.
Ballot CSC-4 v1: Move deadline for transition to RSA-3072 and SHA-2 timestamp tokens
October 7, 2020 by Ben WilsonVoting on this ballot has closed. The results are below: 7 CAs voting in favor: Actalis, DigiCert, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA 0 CAs opposed 0 CAs abstaining 1 Certificate Consumer voting in favor: Microsoft 0 Certificate Consumers opposed 0 Certificate Consumers abstaining Therefore the ballot passes. Dean Coclin CSCWG Chair Ballot CSC-4 v1: Move deadline for transition to RSA-3072 and SHA-2 timestamp tokens Purpose of the Ballot: The current deadline for moving from RSA-2048 to RSA-3072 and from SHA-1 to SHA-2 for timestamp tokens falls on January 1, 2021, which is inconvenient due to code freezes due to the winter holidays.
October 7, 2020 by Ben WilsonVoting on this ballot has closed. The results are below: 7 CAs voting in favor: Actalis, DigiCert, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA 0 CAs opposed 0 CAs abstaining 1 Certificate Consumer voting in favor: Microsoft 0 Certificate Consumers opposed 0 Certificate Consumers abstaining Therefore the ballot passes. Dean Coclin CSCWG Chair Ballot CSC-4 v1: Move deadline for transition to RSA-3072 and SHA-2 timestamp tokens Purpose of the Ballot: The current deadline for moving from RSA-2048 to RSA-3072 and from SHA-1 to SHA-2 for timestamp tokens falls on January 1, 2021, which is inconvenient due to code freezes due to the winter holidays.