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Voting Period

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

IPR Review Period

  • NS-004: "Updating Section 4 - Vulnerability Management - of the NCSSRs"
  • NS-006: Fix 1.2.2 encrypted connections scoping
  • NS-005: Clarifications to sections 1, 2 and a definition prior to NS-003 taking effect

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

  • Forum-31: Election of CA/Browser Network Security WG Vice Chair
  • NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs

Cancelled

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

Failed

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

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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