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Network Security Working Group Ballots

Ballots by Status

Voting Period

  • NS-010: Restructure Requirements Sections, Remove Expired Effective Dates, and Update NIST Reference

IPR Review Period

There are no ballots with the status "IPR Review" in the Network Security Working Group

Discussion Period

There are no ballots with the status "Discussion Period" in the Network Security Working Group

Draft / Under Consideration

There are no ballots with the status "New" in the Network Security Working Group
There are no ballots with the status "Pre-Ballot" in the Network Security Working Group

Passed

  • NS-008v3: Updates to CA Infrastructure Scope, Trusted Roles, Systems' Applicability, and various other improvements
  • NS-007: Extend deadline to implement NSRv2
  • NS-004: "Updating Section 4 - Vulnerability Management - of the NCSSRs"
  • NS-006: Fix 1.2.2 encrypted connections scoping
  • Forum-31: Election of CA/Browser Network Security WG Vice Chair
  • NS-005: Clarifications to sections 1, 2 and a definition prior to NS-003 taking effect
  • NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs

Cancelled

  • NS-010 / TEST

Failed

There are no ballots with the status "Ballot Failed" in the Network Security Working Group

Information about Ballots

Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC098: Process RFC 8657 CAA Parameters - Jun 16, 2026

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
v1.0.15 - Ballot SMC017v2 - Jul 30, 2026

This ballot increases the minimum RSA key size for Root and Subordinate CA certificates in the S/MIME BRs from 2048 to 4096 bits for keys created after September 15, 2026, while retaining the 2048-bit minimum for Subscriber certificates. The ballot further requires that by September 15, 2027, CAs SHALL NOT issue Subscriber certificates from any Sub-CA whose RSA key modulus is less than 3072 bits, effectively sunsetting issuance from legacy 2048-bit Sub-CAs. The ballot also includes minor typographic corrections. This ballot is proposed by Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo) and endorsed by Ben Wilson (Mozilla) and Stephen Davidson (DigiCert)

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
Version 2.0.5 (Ballot NS-008) - Jul 9, 2025

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