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Current Version

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.5 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC081v3

Previous Versions

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.4 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC084

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.3 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC083

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.2 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC080

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.1 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC079

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.1.0 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC076

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.9 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC078

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.8 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC077

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.7 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC067

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.6 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC075

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.5 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC073

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.4 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC065

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.3 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC069

CA-Browser-Forum TLS BR 2.0.2 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC066

CA-Browser-Forum BR 2.0.1 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC063

CA-Browser-Forum BR 2.0.0 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC062

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.7 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC061

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.6 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC058

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.5 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC056

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.4 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC054

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.3 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC051

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.2 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC053

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.1 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC050

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.8.0 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC048

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.9 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC047

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.8 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC045

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.7 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC046

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.6 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC044

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.5 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC042

CA-Browser-Forum BR 1.7.4 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC041

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.7.3 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC028 and SC035

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.7.2 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC033

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.7.1 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC030 and SC031

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.7.0 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC026

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.9 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC027

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.8 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC025

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.7 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC023, SC024

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.6 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC019

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.5 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.4 (redlined) – adopted by Ballots SC014, SC015, SC007

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.3 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC013

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.2 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC012

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.1 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot SC006

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.6.0 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 224

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.9 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 223

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.8 (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 219

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.7 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 220

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.6 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 218

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.5 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 217

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.4 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 215

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.3 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 214

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.2 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 190

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.1 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 197

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.5.0 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 212

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.9 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 204

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.8 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 199

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.7 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 196

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.6 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 195

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.5 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 189

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.4 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 193 on 17-March-2017

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.3 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 187 on 3-March-2017

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.2 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 181 on 1-January-2017

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.1 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 175 on 7 Sept. 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.4.0 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 173 on 28 July 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.9 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 174 on 29 August 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.8 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 169 on 5 August 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.7 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 164 on 8 July 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.6 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 171 on 1 July 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.5 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 168 on 10 May 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.4 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 162 on 15 March 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.3 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 160 on 4 February 2016

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.2 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 156 on 3 December 2015

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.1 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 151 on 28 September 2015

CA-Browser Forum BR 1.3.0 – adopted by Ballot 146 on 16 April 2015

Conversion Table for RFC-3647-formatted version 1.3.0 and later

Baseline Requirements 1.2.5 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 148 on 2 April 2015

Baseline Requirements 1.2.4 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 144 on 18 Feb 2015

Baseline Requirements 1.2.3 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 135 on 16 October 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.2.2 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 134 on 16 October 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.2.1 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 118 on 16 October 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.2.0 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 125 on 14 October 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.1.9 – (redlined) – adopted by Ballot 129 on 4 August 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.1.8 – (redlined) – adopted on 5 June 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.1.7 – (redlined) – effective 3 April 2014

Baseline Requirements 1.1.6 – (redlined) – effective 29 July, 2013

Baseline Requirements 1.1.5 – (redlined) – effective 31 May, 2013

Baseline Requirements 1.1.4 – (redlined) – effective 3 May, 2013

Baseline Requirements 1.1.3 – (redlined) – effective 21 February, 2013

Baseline Requirements 1.1 – effective 14 September, 2012

Baseline Requirements 1.1_日本語訳 (translated into Japanese) Baseline Requirements 1 – adopted on 22 Nov. 2011 with an Effective Date of 1 July 2012

Baseline Errata 1

Public Discussion Drafts

Baseline Requirements Draft 50

Baseline Requirements Draft 35

Baseline Requirements Draft 34

Baseline Requirements Draft 30b

Latest releases
Server Certificate Requirements
SC-081v3: Introduce Schedule of Reducing Validity and Data Reuse Periods - May 21, 2025

BR v2.1.5

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
v1.0.9 - Ballot SMC011 - May 14, 2025

This ballot allows the option to use a European Unique Identifier (EUID) as a Registration Reference in the NTR Registration Scheme. The EUID uniquely identifies officially-registered organizations, Legal Entities, and branch offices within the European Union or the European Economic Area. The EUID is specified in chapter 9 of the Annex contained in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 which describes rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 “relating to certain aspects of company law (codification)”. The ballot also includes several editorial corrections, (e.g., reordering of References and regrouping of information from Appendix A to Section 7.1.4.2.2 (d)). This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Adrian Mueller (SwissSign) and Adriano Santoni (Actalis).

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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