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Ballot 73 – Public Mail-List
May 11, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 73 – Public Mail-List (Passed Unanimously) Motion Tim Moses made the following motion, and Eddy Nigg and Gerv Markham endorsed it: Motion begins The Forum requests the list manager to establish a new Forum mail list called . Current subscribers to the “management” mail list should be subscribed to the list with no action required on their part. Forum members (both voting and observing) should be allowed to post to the list. Anyone else should be allowed to subscribe and receive posted messages. But, until a mechanism for obtaining their agreement to the IPR policy has been implemented, they should not be allowed to post messages to the list.
May 11, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 73 – Public Mail-List (Passed Unanimously) Motion Tim Moses made the following motion, and Eddy Nigg and Gerv Markham endorsed it: Motion begins The Forum requests the list manager to establish a new Forum mail list called . Current subscribers to the “management” mail list should be subscribed to the list with no action required on their part. Forum members (both voting and observing) should be allowed to post to the list. Anyone else should be allowed to subscribe and receive posted messages. But, until a mechanism for obtaining their agreement to the IPR policy has been implemented, they should not be allowed to post messages to the list.
CA/Browser Forum Publishes Submissions
April 15, 2012 by Ben WilsonAll responses that the CA/Browser Forum received from the call for position papers and statements of interest on organizational reform have been published to the Web site: Organizational Reform Submissions
April 15, 2012 by Ben WilsonAll responses that the CA/Browser Forum received from the call for position papers and statements of interest on organizational reform have been published to the Web site: Organizational Reform Submissions
Ballot 67 – Adopt IPR Policy
April 6, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 67 – Adopt IPR Policy (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Gervase Markham and Dean Coclin endorsed it: Motion begins As of April 8, 2012 (“Effective Date”), the CA/Browser Forum adopts Rev. 0_99.2 of ‘CA/Browser Forum Intellectual Property Rights Policy’ and the ‘CAB Forum IPR Policy Agreement’ – available at:
April 6, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 67 – Adopt IPR Policy (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Gervase Markham and Dean Coclin endorsed it: Motion begins As of April 8, 2012 (“Effective Date”), the CA/Browser Forum adopts Rev. 0_99.2 of ‘CA/Browser Forum Intellectual Property Rights Policy’ and the ‘CAB Forum IPR Policy Agreement’ – available at:
Ballot 66 – Project Lifecycle
March 16, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 66 – Project Lifecycle (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Mads Henriksveen and Tim Moses endorsed it: Motion begins Effective immediately:
March 16, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 66 – Project Lifecycle (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Mads Henriksveen and Tim Moses endorsed it: Motion begins Effective immediately:
CA/Browser Forum Announces Organizational Reform Working Group
February 28, 2012 by Ben WilsonThe CA/Browser Forum is a voluntary organization of leading certification authorities (CAs) and vendors of Internet browser software and other applications. At the twenty fifth face to face meeting of the CA/Browser Forum, held in Santa Clara, California, USA on February 22 and 23rd, 2012, the membership agreed to form a working group on organizational reform. The task of this group will be to develop and present to the full organization, by April 16th, proposals for a new charter and bylaws. The CA/Browser Forum recognizes the growing importance of the PKI marketplace as a critical piece of Internet infrastructure, and the need to continue to safeguard and advance the public’s trust in the Internet as a secure place for communication, socialization and commerce. The goal of the reform will be to evolve the organization into a more mature and capable, multi-stakeholder forum that can promote the growth and maintenance of the public PKI and certificate ecosystem in the interests of Internet security and the broader public good. Key topics to be addressed by the special working group include:
February 28, 2012 by Ben WilsonThe CA/Browser Forum is a voluntary organization of leading certification authorities (CAs) and vendors of Internet browser software and other applications. At the twenty fifth face to face meeting of the CA/Browser Forum, held in Santa Clara, California, USA on February 22 and 23rd, 2012, the membership agreed to form a working group on organizational reform. The task of this group will be to develop and present to the full organization, by April 16th, proposals for a new charter and bylaws. The CA/Browser Forum recognizes the growing importance of the PKI marketplace as a critical piece of Internet infrastructure, and the need to continue to safeguard and advance the public’s trust in the Internet as a secure place for communication, socialization and commerce. The goal of the reform will be to evolve the organization into a more mature and capable, multi-stakeholder forum that can promote the growth and maintenance of the public PKI and certificate ecosystem in the interests of Internet security and the broader public good. Key topics to be addressed by the special working group include:
CA/Browser Forum Approves Baseline Requirements for SSL/TLS Certificates
December 14, 2011 by Ben WilsonFirst industry-wide standard for the issuance and management of SSL/TLS digital certificates DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT
December 14, 2011 by Ben WilsonFirst industry-wide standard for the issuance and management of SSL/TLS digital certificates DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT
Ballot 28 – Membership Criteria
June 8, 2009 by Ben WilsonBallot 28 – Membership Criteria (Failed Quorum) Motion Tim Moses has made the following motion, and Ben Wilson and Moudrick Dadashov have endorsed it: Motion begins The Forum should adopt the following membership criteria immediately upon successful completion of the ballot.
June 8, 2009 by Ben WilsonBallot 28 – Membership Criteria (Failed Quorum) Motion Tim Moses has made the following motion, and Ben Wilson and Moudrick Dadashov have endorsed it: Motion begins The Forum should adopt the following membership criteria immediately upon successful completion of the ballot.
Ballot 20 – ETSI Letter of Intent
November 7, 2008 by Ben WilsonBallot 20 – ETSI Letter of Intent (Passed Unanimously) Motion Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Tom Albertson and Iñigo Barreira endorsed it. Motion begins The members authorize Tim Moses to sign the attached “Letter of Intent to cooperate between CA/Browser Forum and ETSI” as Chairperson of the CA/Browser Forum without recourse or liability to Mr. Moses or to the individual members of the CA/Browser Forum for any breach of the Letter of Intent.
November 7, 2008 by Ben WilsonBallot 20 – ETSI Letter of Intent (Passed Unanimously) Motion Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Tom Albertson and Iñigo Barreira endorsed it. Motion begins The members authorize Tim Moses to sign the attached “Letter of Intent to cooperate between CA/Browser Forum and ETSI” as Chairperson of the CA/Browser Forum without recourse or liability to Mr. Moses or to the individual members of the CA/Browser Forum for any breach of the Letter of Intent.
Ballot 5 – Quorum
January 18, 2008 by Ben WilsonBallot 5 – Quorum (Passed Unanimously) Motion Tim Moses made the following motion, and Johnathan Nightingale and Nick Hales endorsed it: “Clause 7 of the CABForum’s voting rules shall be replaced with the following clause: ‘7. A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active members has participated. The number of currently active members is the average number of member organizations that have participated in the previous three meetings (both teleconferences and face-to-face meetings)’”
January 18, 2008 by Ben WilsonBallot 5 – Quorum (Passed Unanimously) Motion Tim Moses made the following motion, and Johnathan Nightingale and Nick Hales endorsed it: “Clause 7 of the CABForum’s voting rules shall be replaced with the following clause: ‘7. A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active members has participated. The number of currently active members is the average number of member organizations that have participated in the previous three meetings (both teleconferences and face-to-face meetings)’”