<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 1:09 PM Kirk Hall via Public <<a href="mailto:public@cabforum.org">public@cabforum.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal">+1 Dimitris.  As the immediate past Chair of the Forum and someone involved in creating the Forum in 2005, your analysis below is correct. </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned, this is somewhat ahistorical. For example, this viewpoint you're sharing now does not seem consistent with your message in December 2005, proposing DigiCert (and all Sub-CAs) be excluded from participating in the Forum, and a discussion about the purpose of the Forum being about direct relationships with browsers.</div><div><br></div><div>You can see this at <a href="https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2005-December/000007.html">https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2005-December/000007.html</a> , in the event you don't recall that discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>It sparked a lot of lively discussion, such as the antitrust implications for the Forum ( <a href="https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000054.html">https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000054.html</a> ) and lengthy discussion about the membership criteria ( <a href="https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000040.html">https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000040.html</a> ). The minutes for that London meeting ( <a href="https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000078.html">https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-March/000078.html</a> ) have further discussion about the participation model, as captured in <a href="https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-April/000082.html">https://cabforum.org/mailman/private/management/2006-April/000082.html</a></div></div></div>