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    Ballot FORUM-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group
    February 12, 2020 by Jos PurvisVote Results The voting period for Ballot FORUM-11 has ended and the Ballot has Failed. Here are the results: Voting by Certificate Issuers – 4 votes total including abstentions Three CAs voted in favor: DigiCert, Actalis, OISTE One CA Abstained: Trustcor Voting by Certificate Consumers – 4 votes total including abstentions Three Browsers voted against: Apple, Google, Microsoft One Browser abstained: Mozilla Therefore, the ballot fails. Ballot Text The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and Adriano Santoni of Actalis.
    The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).