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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-SE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>Purpose of the Ballot</span></strong><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1 id=bkmrk-remove-dependencies-><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span class=pl-mh><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Require Timestamp Authority Subordinate CA Private Keys to be stored in offline HSMs</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=null style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 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:l1 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='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;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><span lang=SV style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV style='color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-%C2%A0motion-begins"><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>MOTION BEGINS</span></strong><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-this-ballot-updates--1><span lang=EN-US style='color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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> </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fcode-signing%2Fcompare%2Fd431d9104094f2b89f35ed4bf1d64b9a844e762b...12130ff7c2b41d795d47925c084780ea0f7328cd&data=05%7C02%7Cmartijn.katerbarg%40sectigo.com%7C1793f327db4a41d5bd0608dc8bc62ada%7C0e9c48946caa465d96604b6968b49fb7%7C0%7C0%7C638538930466512096%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1nB1QsZHCVTKQ7UkE4Q0fLnDcl30%2B1pzuAgbvccxkgY%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/d431d9104094f2b89f35ed4bf1d64b9a844e762b...12130ff7c2b41d795d47925c084780ea0f7328cd
Click to follow link."><span style='color:#0078D7'>https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/d431d9104094f2b89f35ed4bf1d64b9a844e762b...12130ff7c2b41d795d47925c084780ea0f7328cd</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-motion-ends><strong><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'>MOTION ENDS</span></strong><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id=bkmrk-the-procedure-for-th><span style='color:#212121'>The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-discussion-%287-days%29"><span style='color:#212121'>Discussion (7 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' type=disc id="bkmrk-start-time%3A-09-09-20"><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Start Time: 2024-06-13 16:30 UTC<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>End Time: 2024-06-20 16:30 UTC<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-vote-for-approval-%287"><span style='color:#212121'>Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' type=disc id="bkmrk-start-time%3A-09-16-20"><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'>Start Time: 2024-06-20 16:30 UTC<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'>End Time: 2024-06-2<span lang=SV>7</span> 16:30 UTC<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' id="bkmrk-%C2%A0"><span style='color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>