CA/Browser Forum

Server Certificate Working Group Ballots

Ballots by Status

Voting Period

There are no ballots with the status "Voting Period" in the Server Certificate Working Group

IPR Review Period

  • SC088v3: DNS TXT Record with Persistent Value DCV Method
  • SC092: Sunset use of Precertificate Signing CAs

Discussion Period

  • SC086: Sunset the Inclusion of IP Reverse Address Domain Names

Draft / Under Consideration

There are no ballots with the status "New" in the Server Certificate Working Group
There are no ballots with the status "Pre-Ballot" in the Server Certificate Working Group

Passed

  • SC089: Mass Revocation Planning
  • SC081v3: Introduce Schedule of Reducing Validity and Data Reuse Periods
  • SC085: Require DNSSEC for CAA and DCV Lookups
  • SC084: DNS Labeled with ACME Account ID Validation Method
  • SC083: Winter 2024-2025 Cleanup Ballot
  • SC080v3: Sunset the use of WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts and relying DCV Methods
  • SC079v2: Allow more than one Certificate Policy in a Cross-Certified Subordinate CA Certificate
  • SC076v2: Clarify and Improve OCSP Requirements
  • SC078: Subject organizationName alignment for DBA / Assumed Name
  • SC077: Update WebTrust Audit name in Section 8.4 and References
  • SC075: Pre-sign linting
  • SC073: Compromised and Weak Keys
  • SC068: Allow VATEL and VATXI for organizationIdentifier
  • SC067: Require Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration
  • SC069: Clarify router and firewall logging requirements
  • SC065: Convert EVGs into RFC3647 format
  • SC063: Make OCSP optional, require CRLs and incentivize automation
  • SC064: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Memberships
  • SC066v4: Fall 2023 clean-up
  • SC062: Certificate profiles update
  • SC061: New CRL Entries must have a Revocation Reason Code
  • SC058: require distributionPoint in sharded CRLs
  • SC056: 2022 Cleanup

Cancelled

  • SC088v2: DNS TXT Record with Persistent Value DCV Method
  • SC071: Subscriber Agreement and Terms of Use Consolidation
  • SC076: Clarify and Improve OCSP Requirements

Failed

  • SC082: Clarify CA Assisted DNS Validation under 3.2.2.4.7
  • SC074: Clarify CP/CPS structure according to RFC 3647
  • SC070: Clarify the use of DTPs for Domain Control Validation
  • SC059: Weak key guidance
  • SC060: Membership of ZT Browser

Information about Ballots

Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC-089: Mass Revocation Planning - Aug 26, 2025

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
v1.0.12 - Ballot SMC014 - Oct 13, 2025

This ballot introduces requirements that a Certificate Issuer MUST deploy DNSSEC validation back to the IANA DNSSEC root trust anchor on all DNS queries associated with CAA record lookups performed by the Primary Network Perspective, effective March 15, 2026. The ballot is intended to maintain consistency in the S/MIME Baseline Requirements with the requirements of Ballot SC-085 which implemented identical requirements in the TLS Baseline Requirements. Note: SC-085 also introduced requirements in TLS Baseline Requirements for the use of DNSSEC in domain control validation. These requirements are automatically adopted in the S/MIME BR by the email domain control methods that include a normative reference to section 3.2.2.4 of the TLS Baseline Requirements. The draft also includes minor corrections to web links in the text. This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Client Wilson (Apple) and Ashish Dhiman (GlobalSign).

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

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