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    HARICA votes "yes" to ballot 198.<br>
    <br>
    Dimitris.<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/4/2017 8:29 μμ, Jeremy Rowley via
      Public wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Apparently May comes after April, not
          March.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ballot 198 – .Onion
            Revisions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Appendix F of the EV
            Guidelines in unclear on what a CA does with the Tor Service
            Descriptor Hash extension. This ballot clarifies that
            inclusion of the extension in the TBSCertificate is
            required. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line862"
          style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures:
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          2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:
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          initial;word-spacing:0px"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The following motion
            has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and endorsed
            by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Erwann Abalea of DocuSign
            France to introduce new Final Maintenance Guidelines for the
            "Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended
            Validation Certificates" (EV Guidelines).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">-- MOTION BEGINS –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Revise Appendix F,
            Section 1 to read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Appendix F – Issuance of Certificates
              for .onion Domain Names<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">A CA may issue an EV Certificate
            containing the .onion Domain Name provided that issuance
            complies with the requirements set forth in this Appendix:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1
            lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">CAB Forum Tor Service Descriptor Hash
              extension (2.23.140.1.31)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">The CAB Forum extension in of the
            TBSCertificate to convey hashes of keys related to .onion
            addresses.  The CA MUST include the Tor Service Descriptor
            Hash extension using the following format:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">cabf-TorServiceDescriptorHash OBJECT
            IDENTIFIER ::= { 2.23.140.1.31 }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">TorServiceDescriptorHash:: = SEQUENCE { <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
            style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">algorithm          
                         AlgorithmIdentifier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
            style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">subjectPublicKeyHash  
            BIT STRING              }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">Where the AlgorithmIdentifier is a
            hashing algorithm (defined in RFC 6234) performed over the
            raw Public Key of the .onion service and
            SubjectPublicKeyHash is the value of the hash output of the
            raw Public Key.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">--Motion Ends--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color:
          initial;word-spacing:0px"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The procedure for
            approval of this Final Maintenance Guideline ballot is as
            follows (exact start and end times may be adjusted to comply
            with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">BALLOT 198 Status: Final
                    Maintenance Guideline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">Start time (22:00 UTC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">End time (22:00 UTC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">Discussion (7 to 14 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">April 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">May, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">May 1, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">May 8, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">If vote approves ballot:
                    Review Period (Chair to send Review Notice) (30
                    days). If Exclusion Notice(s) filed, ballot approval
                    is rescinded and PAG to be created. If no Exclusion
                    Notices filed, ballot becomes effective at end of
                    Review Period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">Upon filing of Review
                    Notice by Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="line862"
                  style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt">30 days after filing of
                    Review Notice by Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="line874"
          style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures:
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          2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width:
          0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color:
          initial;word-spacing:0px"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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 voting period will
            be counted. Voting members are listed here:<span
              class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
              href="https://cabforum.org/members/"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="border:none windowtext
                1.0pt;padding:0in">https://cabforum.org/members/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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 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
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