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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GoDaddy votes No.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Our primary reasons for voting against are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">There was no attempt to build consensus around this ballot. While we recognize that it takes a concrete proposal to spur action,
we don’t believe the discussion was constructive or that nearly enough time was allowed to find common ground.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 6-month deadline in the revised ballot represents consensus on how long CAs should need to implement a change of this sort,
but allowing more time for planning can minimize the impact to all involved. For example:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Giving large companies time to plan and budget for better automation or more resources.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Getting the word out to resellers who also need to notify their customers and make changes to their systems.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Allowing CAs time to work with customers to fulfill or modify prior obligations such as enterprise contracts, retail sales
of new multi-year certificates, or reissuance of multi-year certificates.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We’d like to understand the specific concerns driving the tight timeline and weigh them against the benefits gained from a moderately later effective
date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wayne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Public [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Sleevi via Public<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 13, 2017 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CABFPub <public@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Ballot 185 (Revised) - Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pursuant to the consensus on <a href="https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/2017-February/009530.html">https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/2017-February/009530.html</a> about the nature of changes during the discussion period, and the
request from Gervase on <a href="https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/2017-February/009618.html">https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/2017-February/009618.html</a> to adjust what represents the Baseline agreement, this adjusts the effective date from 1 April
to 24 August. While individual programs may choose to enact or enforce requirements prior to that, as the Baseline Requirements capture the effective point of common agreement of the bare minimum security levels, it seems appropriate that this Ballot accurately
reflect that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ballot 185 - Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following motion has been proposed by Ryan Sleevi of Google, Inc and endorsed by Josh Aas of ISRG and Gervase Markham of Mozilla to introduce new Final Maintenance Guidelines for the "Baseline Requirements Certificate Policy for the
Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates" and the "Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- MOTION BEGINS --<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Modify Section 6.3.2 of the "Baseline Requirements Certificate Policy for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates" as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Replace Section 6.3.2, which reads as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6.3.2. Certificate Operational Periods and Key Pair Usage Periods<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subscriber Certificates issued after the Effective Date MUST have a Validity Period no greater than 60 months. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Except as provided for below, Subscriber Certificates issued after 1 April 2015 MUST have a Validity Period <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">no greater than 39 months. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Until 30 June 2016, CAs MAY continue to issue Subscriber Certificates with a Validity Period greater than 39 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">months but not greater than 60 months provided that the CA documents that the Certificate is for a system or <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">software that: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(a) was in use prior to the Effective Date; <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(b) is currently in use by either the Applicant or a substantial number of Relying Parties; <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(c) fails to operate if the Validity Period is shorter than 60 months; <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(d) does not contain known security risks to Relying Parties; and <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(e) is difficult to patch or replace without substantial economic outlay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"""<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">with the following text:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6.3.2. Certificate Operational Periods and Key Pair Usage Periods<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subscriber Certificates issued on or after 24 August 2017 MUST NOT have a Validity Period greater than three hundred and ninety-eight (398) days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subscriber Certificates issued prior to 24 August 2017 MUST NOT have a Validity Period greater than thirty-nine (39) months.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Modify Section 9.4 of the "Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates" as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Replace Section 9.4, which reads as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9.4. Maximum Validity Period For EV Certificate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The validity period for an EV Certificate SHALL NOT exceed twenty seven months. It is RECOMMENDED that EV<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subscriber Certificates have a maximum validity period of twelve months.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"""<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">with the following text:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9.4 Maximum Validity Period for EV Certificate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EV Certificates issued on or after 24 August 2017 MUST NOT have a Validity Period greater than three hundred and ninety-eight (398) days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EV Certificates issued prior to 24 August 2017 MUST NOT have a Validity Period greater than twenty seven (27) months.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"""<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- MOTION ENDS --<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ballot 185 - Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Status: Final Maintenance Guideline<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Review Period:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vote for Approval:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the Public Mail List.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A vote in favor of the ballot 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 href="https://cabforum.org/members/">https://cabforum.org/members/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In order for the ballot 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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