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<p class="MsoNormal">This ballot is now in voting. <o:p
class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Ballot 198 –
.Onion Revisions<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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
class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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
class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">-- MOTION BEGINS
–<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Revise Appendix
F, Section 1 to read as follows:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">Appendix F –
Issuance of Certificates for .onion Domain Names<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">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
class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">CAB Forum Tor
Service Descriptor Hash extension
(2.23.140.1.31)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">cabf-TorServiceDescriptorHash
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 2.23.140.1.31 }<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">TorServiceDescriptorHash::
= SEQUENCE {
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">algorithm
AlgorithmIdentifier<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">subjectPublicKeyHash
BIT STRING }<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line874" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">--Motion Ends--<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">BALLOT 198 Status: Final
Maintenance Guideline<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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class="">Start time (22:00 UTC)<o:p
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">Discussion (7 to 14 days)<o:p
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">April 24, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">May, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">May 1, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">May 8, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">Upon filing of Review Notice by
Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"
class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
class="">30 days after filing of Review
Notice by Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">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 class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p
class=""></o:p></span></p>
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Cordiali saluti,<br>
<br>
Adriano Santoni<br>
ACTALIS S.p.A.<br>
(Aruba Group)</p>
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