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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Ballot 15</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">2</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">-</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Issuance of SHA-1 certificates through 2016</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The following motion has been proposed by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Rick Andrews</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of Symantec and endorsed by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Bruce Morton of Entrust, Jody Cloutier of Microsoft,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and Kirk Hall of Trend Micro.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- MOTION BEGINS –</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">1)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Modify section</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">7.1.3</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of Baseline Requirements as follows:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">The purpose of the ballot is to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">allow the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri"> issuance of SHA-1 certificates</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri"> through 2016, with maximum Expiry Date of 31 December 2016</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">. Although the vast majority of customers have been able or will be able to transition to SHA-2 certificates by the issuance termination date of 31 December 2015, a very small number of very large enterprise customers have disclosed to us that they simply cannot complete this work before the issuance deadline. This is attributed to the sheer volume of certificates that they need to migrate (numbering in the thousands), and their end-of-year blackout period. These customers accept the risk of continuing to use new SHA-1 certificates, and assert that if they can continue to enroll for and receive SHA-1 certificates through 2016 (all with an expiration date of 31 December 2016 or earlier), they will be able to complete the transition by the end of 2016.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">We realize that extending the issuance period will extend the collision attack period. Although we feel that the BRs already mandate enough entropy (typically in the certificate serial number) to guard against that attack, it can be further mitigated by limiting SHA-1 certificate issuance to Subordinate CAs that have a basicConstraints pathLength = 0.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">The intent of the ballot is to allow limited issuance of SHA-1 certificates through 2016, as long as any SHA-1 certificate created in 2016 expires by the end of 2016. We also correct the number of the Section number in the body of the Section (which incorrectly references $B!H(JSection 9.4.2$B!I(J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri"> (J–(J that mistake was probably made in the conversion to RFC 3647 format</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">BR 1.3.0 currently reads:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">$B!H(J7.1.3. Algorithm Object Identifiers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Effective 1 January 2016, CAs MUST NOT issue any new Subscriber certificates or Subordinate CA certificates using the SHA$B!>(J1 hash algorithm. CAs MAY continue to sign certificates to verify OCSP responses using SHA1 until 1 January 2017. This Section 9.4.2 does not apply to Root CA or CA cross certificates. CAs MAY continue to use their existing SHA$B!>(J1 Root Certificates. SHA$B!>(J2 Subscriber certificates SHOULD NOT chain up to a SHA$B!>(J1 Subordinate CA Certificate.$B!I(J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">$B!H(JEffective 16 January 2015, CAs SHOULD NOT issue Subscriber Certificates utilizing the SHA(J$B!>(J1 algorithm with an Expiry Date greater than 1 January 2017 because Application Software Providers are in the process of deprecating and/or removing the SHA$B!>(J1 algorithm from their software, and they have communicated that CAs and Subscribers using such certificates do so at their own risk.$B!I(J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Modify section 7.1.3 of Baseline Requirements as follows:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">(see attached Word or PDF files to more clearly view the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">proposed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">changes):</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">$B!H(J7.1.3. Algorithm Object Identifiers(J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Effective 1 January 2016, CAs MUST NOT issue any new Subordinate CA certificates using the SHA$B!>(J1 hash algorithm. Effective 1 January 2017, CAs MUST NOT issue any new Subscriber certificates using the SHA$B!>(J1 hash algorithm. CAs MAY continue to sign certificates to verify OCSP responses using SHA1 until 1 January 2017. This Section 7.1.3 does not apply to Root CA or CA cross certificates. CAs MAY continue to use their existing SHA$B!>(J1 Root Certificates. SHA$B!>(J2 Subscriber certificates SHOULD NOT chain up to a SHA$B!>(J1 Subordinate CA Certificate.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Effective 16 January 2015, CAs SHOULD NOT issue Subscriber Certificates utilizing the SHA$B!>(J1 algorithm with an Expiry Date greater than 1 January 2017 because Application Software Providers are in the process of deprecating and/or removing the SHA$B!>(J1 algorithm from their software, and they have communicated that CAs and Subscribers using such certificates do so at their own risk.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Effective 1 January 2016, CAs MUST NOT issue Subscriber Certificates utilizing the SHA$B!>(J1 algorithm with an Expiry Date greater than 1 January 2017. Any SHA-1 Subscriber Certificates issued after 1 January 2016 must be signed by a Subordinate CA certificate with a basicConstraints pathLen=0.$B!I(J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="(Jen-us(J"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-- MOTION ENDS –</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Monday,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">October 2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, 2015, and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">October</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, 2015. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">October</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">16</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, 2015. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="https://cabforum.org/members/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">https://cabforum.org/members/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-Rick</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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