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Code Signing Certificate Working Group Ballots

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Draft / Under Consideration

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There are no ballots with the status "Pre-Ballot" in the Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Passed

  • Forum-32: Election of CA/Browser Code Signing Certificate WG Vice Chair
  • Election ballot Forum-26: Election of CA/Browser Code Signing Certificate WG Chair
  • CSC-26 Timestamping Private Key Protection
  • CSC-25 Import EV Guidelines into CS BRs
  • CSC-23 Marking the EV Code Signing Guidelines SUPERCEDED
  • CSC-22 High Risk Requirements Update
  • CSC-21 Signing Service Update
  • CSC-20 Restore version reference to EV Guidelines
  • CSC 19 - Remove SSL BR References

Cancelled

There are no ballots with the status "Cancelled" in the Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Failed

  • CSC-24 Timestamping Private Key Protection

Information about Ballots

Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.7 - Ballot SMC09 - Nov 25, 2024

This ballot includes updates for the following: • Require pre-linting of leaf end entity Certificates starting September 15, 2025 • Require WebTrust for Network Security for audits starting after April 1, 2025 • Clarify that multiple certificatePolicy OIDs are allowed in end entity certificates • Clarify use of organizationIdentifer references • Update of Appendix A.2 Natural Person Identifiers This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Clint Wilson (Apple) and Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo).

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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