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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This email begins voting on Ballot SC42v2: 398-day IP
Address and Domain Validation Reuse Period.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span><b>Type of Ballot:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>This is a ballot
to adopt two Final Maintenance Guidelines which modify the Forum's Baseline
Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates
(BRs) and the Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates (EVGs).<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span><b>Purpose of
Ballot:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>This ballot
changes validation reuse periods for FQDN and IP Address validation to 398 days
in section 4.2.1 of the BRs and for all purposes in section 11.14.3 of the
EVGs. The ballot does not change the 825-day reuse period in section 4.2.1. of
the BRs for Organizational Validation (OV) information.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>Specifically:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>* It inserts as
the last sentence in the third paragraph of BR section 4.2.1, "Effective
2021-10-01, for validation of Domain Names and IP Addresses according to
Section 3.2.2.4 and 3.2.2.5, any reused data, document, or completed validation
MUST be obtained no more than 398 days prior to issuing the Certificate."<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>* It replaces
eight instances of "thirteen months" or "thirteen-month" in
EVG section 11.14.3 with 398 days.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>The following
motion has been proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Dimitris
Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Chema Lopez of Firmaprofesional.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>     </span><b>– MOTION
BEGINS –<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>This ballot
modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“BRs”), based on Version 1.7.3:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>Insert as the last
sentence in the third paragraph of section 4.2.1 of the BRs, "Effective
2021-10-01, for validation of Domain Names and IP Addresses according to
Section 3.2.2.4 and 3.2.2.5, any reused data, document, or completed validation
MUST be obtained no more than 398 days prior to issuing the Certificate."
as illustrated in the following redline on GitHub: <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/9672b03bec91ad9a80f826e928e47f5c1f82964b...7cd105daf3baba01579c167d9fc10afacd49c503" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/9672b03bec91ad9a80f826e928e47f5c1f82964b...7cd105daf3baba01579c167d9fc10afacd49c503</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>This ballot
modifies the “Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates” (“EVGs”) as follows, based on Version 1.7.4:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>REPLACE all eight
instances of "thirteen months" (or "thirteen-month") in
section 11.14.3 of the EVGs with 398 days and 398-day, respectively, as
illustrated in the following redline on GitHub: <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/9672b03bec91ad9a80f826e928e47f5c1f82964b...7cd105daf3baba01579c167d9fc10afacd49c503" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/9672b03bec91ad9a80f826e928e47f5c1f82964b...7cd105daf3baba01579c167d9fc10afacd49c503</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>      </span><b>– MOTION ENDS
–<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>This ballot
proposes two Final Maintenance Guidelines.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>The procedure for
approval of this ballot is as follows:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span><b>Discussion (7+
days)</b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>Start Time:
2021-04-08 17:00:00 UTC<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>End Time: 2021-04-15<span>  </span>17:00:00 UTC<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span><b>Vote for approval
(7 days)</b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>Start Time: 2021-04-15<span>  </span>17:00:00 UTC<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>    </span>End Time: 2021-04-22<span>  </span>17:00:00 UTC<span></span></p>





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