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Ballot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21)
November 7, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21) (Passed Unanimously) Motion Effective immediately, except as to Part E below. Erratum begins A. (Issue #8) Add the following as 10.2.5:
November 7, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 93 – Reasons for Revocation (BR issues 6, 8, 10, 21) (Passed Unanimously) Motion Effective immediately, except as to Part E below. Erratum begins A. (Issue #8) Add the following as 10.2.5:
Ballot 88 – BR_9_2_4_Errata-ISO3166
September 12, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 88 – BR_9_2_4_Errata-ISO3166 (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion and Rick Andrews and Rich Smith endorsed it: … Motion begins… Effective immediately Erratum begins Add a new Definition: Country: Either a member of the United Nations OR a geographic region recognized as a sovereign nation by at least two UN member nations.
September 12, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 88 – BR_9_2_4_Errata-ISO3166 (Passed) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion and Rick Andrews and Rich Smith endorsed it: … Motion begins… Effective immediately Erratum begins Add a new Definition: Country: Either a member of the United Nations OR a geographic region recognized as a sovereign nation by at least two UN member nations.
Ballot 83 – Adopt Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
August 3, 2012 by Ben WilsonOn Ballot 83, there were “YES” votes from nine CAs and two Browsers. There were “NO” votes from four CAs and one Browser. Three CAs abstained. Therefore, Ballot 83 passes with 69% of CAs and 66% of Browsers in favor. Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Bill Madell and Rick Andrews endorsed it: Motion begins As of 1 January 2013 (“Effective Date”), the CA/Browser Forum adopts the “Network and Certificate System Security Requirements” Ballot Draft 1 as Version 1.0. Upon adoption the Ballot Draft shall be assigned a version number of 1.0 and be posted as a Forum Guideline to the cabforum.org Web site.
August 3, 2012 by Ben WilsonOn Ballot 83, there were “YES” votes from nine CAs and two Browsers. There were “NO” votes from four CAs and one Browser. Three CAs abstained. Therefore, Ballot 83 passes with 69% of CAs and 66% of Browsers in favor. Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Bill Madell and Rick Andrews endorsed it: Motion begins As of 1 January 2013 (“Effective Date”), the CA/Browser Forum adopts the “Network and Certificate System Security Requirements” Ballot Draft 1 as Version 1.0. Upon adoption the Ballot Draft shall be assigned a version number of 1.0 and be posted as a Forum Guideline to the cabforum.org Web site.
Ballot 80 – Response for Non-Issued Certificates
August 2, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 80 – Response for Non-Issued Certificates (Passed) Motion Yngve Pettersen made the following motion and Ben Wilson and Carsten Dahlenkamp endorsed it: … Motion begins…. Effective 1 Feb 2013 Erratum begins Insert a new section at the end of section 13.2 of the Baseline Requirements with the following heading and text:
August 2, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 80 – Response for Non-Issued Certificates (Passed) Motion Yngve Pettersen made the following motion and Ben Wilson and Carsten Dahlenkamp endorsed it: … Motion begins…. Effective 1 Feb 2013 Erratum begins Insert a new section at the end of section 13.2 of the Baseline Requirements with the following heading and text:
Ballot 81 – Required Format for Amendments to Existing Standards or Requirements
August 1, 2012 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
August 1, 2012 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
Ballot 78 – Updates to Domain and IP Validation, High Risk Requests, and Data Source in the Baseline Requirements
June 15, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 78 – Updates to Domain and IP Validation, High Risk Requests, and Data Source in the Baseline Requirements (Passed Unanimously) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Dean Coclin and Richard Smith endorsed it: … Motion begins…. Effective immediately. Erratum begins A. Replace the definition of “Domain Authorization” in Section 4 of the Baseline Requirements with the following:
June 15, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 78 – Updates to Domain and IP Validation, High Risk Requests, and Data Source in the Baseline Requirements (Passed Unanimously) Motion Jeremy Rowley made the following motion, and Dean Coclin and Richard Smith endorsed it: … Motion begins…. Effective immediately. Erratum begins A. Replace the definition of “Domain Authorization” in Section 4 of the Baseline Requirements with the following:
Ballot 76 – Public Review of Network Security Controls
June 12, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 76 – Public Review of Network Security Controls (Passed) Motion Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Eddy Nigg and Gerv Markham endorsed it: Motion begins Members of the CAB Forum have drafted Network Security Requirements, dated May 14,2012, and setting a baseline level of network security for all certification authorities that operate or manage a root certificate embedded as a trust anchor in publicly distributed browser software. The document is available for review here:
June 12, 2012 by Ben WilsonBallot 76 – Public Review of Network Security Controls (Passed) Motion Ben Wilson made the following motion, and Eddy Nigg and Gerv Markham endorsed it: Motion begins Members of the CAB Forum have drafted Network Security Requirements, dated May 14,2012, and setting a baseline level of network security for all certification authorities that operate or manage a root certificate embedded as a trust anchor in publicly distributed browser software. The document is available for review here: