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<div class="WordSection1"><o:p></o:p>Hi everyone,<br>
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Here's a draft of a ballot to require commonName to be present
in root and Intermediate certificates, which is something we've
talked about in the past although not all that recently. This
idea has had less review, so it may require more wordsmithing.<br>
<br>
Gerv<br>
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<b>Ballot XXX - Require commonName in Root and Intermediate
Certificates<br>
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<b>Purpose of Ballot: </b>Section 7.1.4.3 of the BRs, which
deals with Subject Information for Subordinate CA
Certificates, currently requires only that all information in
a Subordinate CA Certificate is accurate; it does not say what
information is required. Some of the necessary information is
required elsewhere in the BRs, but it is not complete -
commonName is missing. If commonName is omitted, DN clashes
can more easily occur. So this motion centralises that
information in the obvious place, and adds a commonName
requirement.<br>
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following motion has been proposed by Gervase Markham of
Mozilla and endorsed by XXX of XXX and XXX of XXX:<br>
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<pre wrap="">* Delete 7.1.2.1 (e), which currently defines the Subject Information required in a Root CA Certificate.
* Delete 7.1.2.2 (h), which currently defines the Subject Information required in a Subordinate CA Certificate.
* Rename section 7.1.4.2, currently titled "Subject Information", to "Subject Information - Subscriber Certificates".
* Rename section 7.1.4.3, currently titled "Subject Information - Subordinate CA Certificates" to "Subject Information - Root Certificates and Subordinate CA Certificates".
* Based on the style used in 7.1.4.2.2 and the content from the now-deleted 7.1.2.1 (e) and 7.1.2.2 (h), add the following section 7.1.4.3.1:
7.1.4.3.1 Subject Distinguished Name Fields
Certificate Field: subject:commonName (OID 2.5.4.3)
Required/Optional: Required
Contents: This field MUST be present and the contents MUST be an identifier
for the certificate which is unique across all certificates issued by the
issuing certificate.
b. Certificate Field: subject:organizationName (OID 2.5.4.10)
Required/Optional: Required
Contents: This field MUST be present and the contents MUST contain
either the Subject CA’s name or DBA as verified under Section 3.2.2.2.
The CA may include information in this field that differs slightly from
the verified name, such as common variations or abbreviations, provided
that the CA documents the difference and any abbreviations used are
locally accepted abbreviations; e.g., if the official record shows
“Company Name Incorporated”, the CA MAY use “Company Name Inc.” or
“Company Name”.
c. Certificate Field: subject:countryName (OID: 2.5.4.6)
Required/Optional: Required
Contents: This field MUST contain the two‐letter ISO 3166‐1 country code
for the country in which the CA’s place of business is located.
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approves ballot: Review Period (Chair to send Review
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rescinded and PAG to be created.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="line874" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">From Bylaw 2.3:
If the Draft Guideline Ballot is proposing a Final
Maintenance Guideline, such ballot will include a redline or
comparison showing the set of changes from the Final
Guideline section(s) intended to become a Final Maintenance
Guideline, and need not include a copy of the full set of
guidelines. Such redline or comparison shall be made
against the Final Guideline section(s) as they exist at the
time a ballot is proposed, and need not take into
consideration other ballots that may be proposed
subsequently, except as provided in Bylaw Section 2.3(j).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Votes must be
cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the
Public list. 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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <span
style="background:white">Quorum is shown on CA/Browser Forum
wiki. Under Bylaw 2.2(g), at least the required quorum
number must participate in the ballot for the ballot to be
valid, either by voting in favor, voting against, or
abstaining.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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