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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>CORRECTION: Please note, I made a calendaring mistake in saying that the ballot review period ends “Tuesday 5 December” (I meant to say “3 December”) and that voting ends Tuesday 12 December (I meant to say “10 December”).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think it is appropriate to take the date which is later, and arguably more specific than the day of the week, for ending the review period and establishing the voting period. So, I’ll restate the voting rules on this ballot as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The ballot review period will close at 2200 UTC on THURSDAY, 5 December 2013, at which time, the voting period will immediately start. The voting period will close at 2200 UTC on THURSDAY, 12 December 2013. If the ballot is modified during such voting period for reasons other than to correct minor typographical errors, then the ballot will be deemed to have been withdrawn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A vote against the ballot must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period will be counted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Voting members are listed here: <a href="http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html">http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast by members in the CA category and more than one half of the votes cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, quorum is currently set at 6 members-- at least 6 members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or by abstaining for the vote to be valid.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> public-bounces@cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Wilson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 26, 2013 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> public@cabforum.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Ballot 111 - Accelerate Max Certificate Lifetime Reduction Timetable<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b>Ballot 111 – Accelerate Max Certificate Lifetime Reduction Timetable<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Eddy Nigg from StartCom and Ryan Hurst from Globalsign:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--- Motion begins ---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The CAB Forum wishes to take advantage of the /de facto/ deprecation of the near-ubiquitous SHA-1 hash algorithm in the Web PKI and its 1 January 2017 retirement by accelerating the Forum’s planned move to shorter maximum certificate lifetimes, in order to attain a more agile certificate ecosystem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Therefore, effective immediately, the Baseline Requirements are altered as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Update section 9.4.1 to change both occurrences of "1 April 2015" to "1 April 2014".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Update the Relevant Compliance Dates table on page ii to change<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2015-04-01 to 2014-04-01 in the appropriate line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>... Motion ends ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The ballot review period comes into effect immediately upon posting today (Tuesday, 26 November 2013) and will close at 2200 UTC on Tuesday, 5 December 2013. Unless the ballot is withdrawn or modified during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Tuesday, 12 December 2013. If the ballot is modified during such voting period for reasons other than to correct minor typographical errors, then the ballot will be deemed to have been withdrawn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A vote against the ballot must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period will be counted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Voting members are listed here: <a href="http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html">http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast by members in the CA category and more than one half of the votes cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, quorum is currently set at 6 members-- at least 6 members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or by abstaining for the vote to be valid.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>