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<p id="bkmrk-this-ballot-updates-">This ballot updates the
“Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.3 <span
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references pointing the Baseline Requirements for
Publicly-Trusted TLS Certificates ("TLS BRs"). The main
goals of this ballot are to:<br>
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<li class="null"><span
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with the "TLS BRs" that are decided in a different CA/B
Forum Working Group</span></span></li>
<li class="null"><span
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data-code-marker=" "><span class="pl-mh">Remove ambiguity
about which exact requirements are applicable to Code
Signing Issuers and Time-stamping Authorities</span></span></li>
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<p id="bkmrk-the-following-motion">The following motion has been
proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and endorsed by
Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and Tim Hollebeek of Digicert.</p>
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ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates” ("Code
Signing Baseline Requirements") based on version 3.3. MODIFY the
Code Signing Baseline Requirements as specified in the following
redline: <a
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The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<br>
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<td><strong>CSC 19 - Remove TLS BR References</strong><strong>
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<td><strong>Start time (10:00 UTC)</strong></td>
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<td>Discussion (at least 7 days)</td>
<td>17 July 2023</td>
<td>24 July 2023</td>
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<td>Expected Vote for approval (7 days)</td>
<td>24 July 2023<br>
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<td>31 July 2023<br>
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