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--></style></head><body lang=en-SE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div id=mail-editor-reference-message-container><div><div><div><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Purpose of the Ballot</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-this-ballot-updates-><span style='color:#212121'>This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#212121'>‐</span><span style='color:#212121'>Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.7 in order to clarify language regarding Timestamp Authority Private Key Protection. The main goals of this ballot are to:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1 id=bkmrk-remove-dependencies-><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Require Private Keys associated with newly issued Timestamp Authority Subordinate CA to be stored in offline HSMs</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Require newly issued Timestamp Certificates to be issued from a TSA CA with its Private key storedn in offline HSMs</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Add a requirement to remove Private Keys associated with Timestamp Certificates after a 18 months</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Add a requirement to reject SHA-1 timestamp requests</span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-the-following-motion><span style='color:#212121'>The following motion has been proposed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and endorsed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and Ian McMillan of Microsoft.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-%C2%A0motion-begins"><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>MOTION BEGINS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-this-ballot-updates--1><span style='color:#212121'>This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#212121'>‐</span><span style='color:#212121'>Trusted Code Signing Certificates” ("Code Signing Baseline Requirements") based on version 3.7. MODIFY the Code Signing Baseline Requirements as specified in the following redline:<span class=apple-converted-space> <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fcode-signing%2Fcompare%2Fd431d9104094f2b89f35ed4bf1d64b9a844e762b...61d9426e9025d448a13eb56fa75b9651b2136548&data=05%7C02%7Cmartijn.katerbarg%40sectigo.com%7Caa1b8192390640ced2f608dc70d613fa%7C0e9c48946caa465d96604b6968b49fb7%7C0%7C0%7C638509311986804205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AQ8Z9jdMXCd%2FZtJHMaHlONu1OTZWqjz8qOrV13KLQX4%3D&reserved=0">https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/d431d9104094f2b89f35ed4bf1d64b9a844e762b...61d9426e9025d448a13eb56fa75b9651b2136548</a></span> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-motion-ends><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>MOTION ENDS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-the-procedure-for-th><span style='color:#212121'>The procedure for this ballot is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-discussion-%287-days%29"><span style='color:#212121'>Discussion (7 days)</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' type=disc id="bkmrk-start-time%3A-09-09-20"><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'>Start Time: 2024-05-10 10:45 UTC<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'>End Time: Not before 2024-05-<span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>20</span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>09</span>:<span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>0</span>5 UTC<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-vote-for-approval-%287"><span style='color:#212121'>Vote for approval (7 days)</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm;font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px' type=disc id="bkmrk-start-time%3A-09-16-20"><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Start Time: <span lang=SV style='color:windowtext'>2024-05-20 09:05 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>End Time:<span lang=SV style='color:windowtext'> 2024-05-27 09:05 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>