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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='font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I abstain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-family:"Segoe Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> public-bounces@cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>kirk_hall@trendmicro.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 01, 2014 10:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> CABFPub (public@cabforum.org)<br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Ballot 141 – Elimination of EV Insurance Requirement; Financial Responsibility for Mis-Issued Certificates<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=line867 style='background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Ballot 141 – Elimination of EV Insurance Requirement; Financial Responsibility for Mis-Issued Certificates </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The following motion has been proposed by Kirk Hall of Trend Micro and endorsed by Robin Alden of Comodo and Dean Coclin of Symantec.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The existing insurance requirements of EV Guidelines Section 8.4 were intended to help assure the public that CAs would be financially responsible, but the requirements for Commercial General Liability and Professional Liability / Errors & Omissions insurance are not well suited for this purpose and do not apply to DV and OV certificates. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The current insurance requirements should be replaced by other, more effective financial responsibility requirements that are more directly focused on financial responsibility for potential harm to subscribers and relying parties from mis-issued certificates of all types. At present, CAs are permitted to limit their potential liability to subscribers and relying parties to $2,000 per EV certificate under EV Guidelines Section 18 and $0 per DV and OV certificate under Baseline Requirements Section 18.1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This ballot (1) deletes the current EV insurance requirements at EV Guidelines Section 8.4, and (2) amends the EV Guidelines and the Baseline Requirements so that CAs are permitted to limit their potential liability to subscribers and relying parties to $10,000 per EV certificate, $5,000 per OV certificate, and $2,000 per OV certificate. This ballot does not otherwise change whatever legal liability a CA would or would not have for its certificates under applicable law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-- MOTION BEGINS --<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1. EV Guideline 8.4 is deleted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2. EV Guideline Section 18 is amended to read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>18. Liability and Indemnification<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CAs MAY limit their liability as described in Section 18 of the Baseline Requirements except that a CA MAY NOT limit its liability to Subscribers or Relying Parties for legally recognized and provable claims to a monetary amount less than <s>two</s> <b><u>ten</u></b> thousand US dollars per Subscriber or Relying Party per EV Certificate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A CA's indemnification obligations and a Root CA’s obligations with respect to subordinate CAs are set forth in the Baseline Requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3. Baseline Requirements Section 18.1 is amended to read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>18.1 Liability to Subscribers and Relying Parties <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If the CA has issued and managed the Certificate in compliance with these Requirements and its Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement, the CA MAY disclaim liability to the Certificate Beneficiaries or any other third parties for any losses suffered as a result of use or reliance on such Certificate beyond those specified in the CA's Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement. If the CA has not issued or managed the Certificate in compliance with these Requirements and its Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement, the CA MAY seek to limit its liability to the Subscriber and to Relying Parties, regardless of the cause of action or legal theory involved, for any and all claims, losses or damages suffered as a result of the use or reliance on such Certificate by any appropriate means that the CA desires. If the CA chooses to limit its liability for Certificates that are not issued or managed in compliance with these Requirements or its Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement, then the CA SHALL include the limitations on liability in the CA’s Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement. <b><u>Notwithstanding the foregoing, a CA MAY NOT limit its liability to Subscribers or Relying Parties for legally recognized and provable claims to a monetary amount less than two thousand US dollars per Subscriber or Relying Party per DV Certificate or less than five thousand US dollars per Subscriber or Relying Party per OV Certificate</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-- MOTION ENDS --<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Monday, 1 December 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Wednesday, 8 December 2014. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Wednesday, 15 December 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line862 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://cabforum.org/members/"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>https://cabforum.org/members/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=line874 style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. Quorum is currently nine (9) members– at least nine members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='background:white;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>TREND MICRO EMAIL NOTICE<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property protection. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use or <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>disclose this information, and we request that you notify us by reply mail or<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>telephone and delete the original message from your mail system.<o:p></o:p></pre></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>