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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">SSC votes: "Abstain".<br>
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      Thanks,<br>
      M.D.<br>
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      On 4/24/2014 3:11 AM, Ben Wilson wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
            voting period began yesterday.  Here is the version with the
            correction to “ITU-T E.164”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                Ben Wilson [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ben@digicert.com">mailto:ben@digicert.com</a>] <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:57 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Ballot 122 - Verified Method of
                Communication <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="line867"><strong><span
              style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
              lang="EN">Ballot 122 - Verified Method of Communication</span></strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">The EV Guidelines Working Group has completed its
            review of Section 11.4.2 of the EV Guidelines (Telephone
            Number for Applicant’s Place of Business). The purpose of
            the review was to "develop a more international process for
            verifying contact information,” especially to transition
            away from a landline-centric focus. The purpose of Section
            11.4.2 has been to ensure a means for communicating with an
            organization (to verify the authority of EV roles and ensure
            that it was appropriately aware of the certificate request)
            and to provide additional evidence of an organization's
            existence. This is maintained by the proposed replacement
            language. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line862"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">Cecilia Kam of Symantec made the following motion,
            and Rich Smith from Comodo and Jeremy Rowley from DigiCert
            have endorsed it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">Motion Begins <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">1. Create a new definition for a "Verified Method
            of Communication" in the EV Guidelines: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">" Verified Method of Communication: The use of a
            public telecommunication routing number (ITU-</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN"> T </span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">E.164-compliant fixed, mobile, fax, or SMS), an
            email address, or a postal delivery address, confirmed by
            the CA in accordance with Section 11.4.2 of the Guidelines
            as a reliable way of communicating with the Applicant." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">2. DELETE Section 11.4.2 (Telephone Number for
            Applicant's Place of Business) and INSERT the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">"11.4.2 Verified Method of Communication <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">(1) Verification Requirements: To assist in
            communicating with the Applicant and confirming that the
            Applicant is aware of and approves issuance, the CA MUST
            establish at least one Verified Method of Communication with
            the Applicant. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">(2) Acceptable Methods of Verification: To verify
            a Verified Method of Communication with the Applicant, the
            CA MUST: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
            lang="EN">(A) Verify that the number or address belongs to
            the Applicant, or a Parent or Affiliate of the Applicant, by
            matching it with one of the Applicant’s Places of Business
            in: (i) records provided by the applicable phone company;
            (ii) a QGIS, QTIS, or QIIS; or (iii) a Verified Legal
            Opinion or Verified Accountant Letter; and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
            lang="EN">(B) Confirm the Verified Method of Communication
            by using it to obtain an affirmative response sufficient to
            enable a reasonable person to conclude that the Applicant,
            or a Parent or Affiliate of Applicant, can be contacted
            reliably by using the </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Verified
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
            lang="EN">Method of Communication. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">3. In subsection 11.13.1(1)(D), REPLACE "Telephone
            number for Place of Business" with "Verified Method of
            Communication." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">4. REPLACE subsection 11.13.3(1)(C) with "The
            Verified Method of Communication required by Section 11.4.2,
            but still MUST perform the verification required by Section
            11.4.2(2)(B);" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">Motion Ends <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">The review period for this ballot shall commence
            at 2200 UTC on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, and will close at
            2200 UTC on Tuesday, 22 April 2014. Unless the motion is
            withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will
            start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on
            Tuesday, 29 April 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an
            on-list reply to this thread. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line862"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a
            clear 'yes' in the response. A vote against 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. Voting members are listed
            here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="https://cabforum.org/members/">https://cabforum.org/members/</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874"><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"
            lang="EN">In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds
            or more of the votes cast by members in the CA category and
            greater than 50% of the votes cast by members in the browser
            category must be in favor. Also, at least six members must
            participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting
            against, or abstaining. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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