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<p class="MsoNormal">For clarity, I pasted in current BR 7.1 below. Later sections of Sec. 7.1 refer separately to Root Certificates, Subordinate CA Certificates, and Subscriber Certificates (Sec. 7.1.2.1 through 7.1.2.3). So this proposal would apply to
all three categories of certificates, correct? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If we adopt this, instead of starting $B!H(BEffective April 1, 2016 ***$B!I(B maybe we should say $B!H(BFor certificates generated on or after April 1, 2016 ***$B!I(B to make it clear that certificates generated before that date do not need to be reissued.
Also, is April 1 a little close for people to change their systems?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria-Bold",serif">7. CERTIFICATE, CRL, AND OCSP PROFILES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria-BoldItalic",serif">7.1. CERTIFICATE PROFILE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">The CA SHALL meet the technical requirements set forth in Section 2.2 – Publication of Information, Section 6.1.5– Key Sizes, and Section 6.1.6 – Public
Key Parameters Generation and Quality Checking. CAs SHOULD generate non$B!>(Bsequential Certificate serial numbers that exhibit at least 20 bits of entropy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> public-bounces@cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Wilson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 26, 2016 1:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CABFPub<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Pre-Ballot 164 - Certificate Serial Number Entropy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="line867"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">For discussion:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="line867"><strong>Pre-Ballot 164 - Certificate Serial Number Entropy</strong>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">-- Motion Begins -- <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">In Section 7.1 of the Baseline Requirements, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">REPLACE <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">"CAs SHOULD generate non-sequential Certificate serial numbers that exhibit at least 20 bits of entropy"
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">WITH <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">"Effective April 1, 2016, CAs SHALL use a Certificate serialNumber greater than zero (0) that contains at least 64 unpredictable bits."
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="line874">-- Motion Ends -- <o:p></o:p></p>
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