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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>REMINDER: VOTING CLOSES MONDAY. PLEASE VOTE TO MAKE SURE WE GET A QUORUM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0174C3'>Dean Coclin <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#48565E'>CSCWG Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Cscwg-public <cscwg-public-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Cscwg-public<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 24, 2023 5:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> cscwg-public@cabforum.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cscwg-public] Voting Begins for Ballot CSC-19 - Remove TLS BR References<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p style='margin:0in'>This message begins the voting period for ballot CSC-19.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Dimitris.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Purpose of the Ballot</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p>This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.3 <span class=pl-mh>in order to remove references pointing the Baseline Requirements for Publicly-Trusted TLS Certificates ("TLS BRs"). The main goals of this ballot are to:</span><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1 id=bkmrk-remove-dependencies-><li class=null style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh>Remove dependencies with the "TLS BRs" that are decided in a different CA/B Forum Working Group</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=null style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh>Remove ambiguity about which exact requirements are applicable to Code Signing Issuers and Time-stamping Authorities</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>MOTION BEGINS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>This 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 href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/16/files%23diff-51665fed103b76d89fc3da15cf88817d58602089___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzpiMzFlOTVjYzA1N2YyYjcxY2FmYjBkMmY1MjE2OGM0YTo2OjEyZGM6NmNjNzA3MzU2ZmUwNTRmNmI4ODQzZWRiOWU0ZDRlZTk1ODc4ZDhhYjIyMTMwY2U2YTUyZTgzYmViZGE4NjI3MTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/16/files#diff-51665fed103b76d89fc3da15cf88817d58602089">https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/16/files%23diff-51665fed103b76d89fc3da15cf88817d58602089___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzpiMzFlOTVjYzA1N2YyYjcxY2FmYjBkMmY1MjE2OGM0YTo2OjYwMzY6N2EwZGJiZTM4YWU3ZjlmYzdiOGIwODUwZWNlNzQ4NTE4ODdkZGM3ZGQ5YjJkMjE5N2E0YzNmMDgxOTkxMjAzMDp0OkY</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>MOTION ENDS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 id=bkmrk-forum-12---update-ca><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CSC 19 - Remove TLS BR References </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Start time (10:00 UTC)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>End time (10:00 UTC)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Discussion (at least 7 days)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>17 July 2023<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>24 July 2023<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Expected Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>24 July 2023<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>31 July 2023<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>