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

  • SC80 V3: Sunset the use of WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts and relying DCV Methods

Discussion Period

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

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

  • SC79v2: Allow more than one Certificate Policy in a Cross-Certified Subordinate CA Certificate
  • SC76v2: Clarify and Improve OCSP Requirements
  • SC78: Subject organizationName alignment for DBA / Assumed Name
  • SC77: Update WebTrust Audit name in Section 8.4 and References
  • SC75: Pre-sign linting
  • SC73: Compromised and Weak Keys
  • SC68: Allow VATEL and VATXI for organizationIdentifier
  • SC67: Require Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration
  • SC69: Clarify router and firewall logging requirements
  • SC65: Convert EVGs into RFC3647 format
  • SC-63: Make OCSP optional, require CRLs and incentivize automation
  • SC-64: Temporary Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Memberships
  • SC-66: Fall 2023 clean-up v4
  • SC62: Certificate profiles update
  • SC61: New CRL Entries must have a Revocation Reason Code
  • SC58: require distributionPoint in sharded CRLs
  • SC-56: 2022 Cleanup

Cancelled

  • SC76: Clarify and Improve OCSP Requirements

Failed

  • SC82: Clarify CA Assisted DNS Validation under 3.2.2.4.7
  • SC74: Clarify CP/CPS structure according to RFC 3647
  • SC70: Clarify the use of DTPs for Domain Control Validation
  • SC-59: Weak key guidance
  • SC60: Membership of ZT Browser

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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