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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Jeremy,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> You mentioned on today’s call that you thought only Mozilla had adopted the BRs as part of their CA program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After refreshing my memory, I believe Microsoft also require compliance with the BRs – at least for CAs following the WebTrust audit route.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1760.windows-root-certificate-program-technical-requirements-version-2-0.aspx">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1760.windows-root-certificate-program-technical-requirements-version-2-0.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Search for “Qualified Audit Regime”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They are also replacing the current standard for government CAs with a BR audit equivalency standard. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are a number of other references to the BRs on that page, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Robin Alden M.Sc. FRI MIET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>CTO -- Comodo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Invent ˛ Secure<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>