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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
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                      = SEQUENCE {
                      <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span
                      style="font-family:"Times New
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                                   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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                              class="">BALLOT 198 Status: Final
                              Maintenance Guideline<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                            class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
                              class="">Start time (22:00 UTC)<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="">End time (22:00 UTC)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                              class="">Discussion (7 to 14 days)<o:p
                                class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                            class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
                              class="">April 24, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                            class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
                              class="">May, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                            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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                            class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
                              class="">May 8, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                              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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                              class="">Upon filing of Review Notice by
                              Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                              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
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        Cordiali saluti,<br>
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        Adriano Santoni<br>
        ACTALIS S.p.A.<br>
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