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<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft votes “Yes” on Ballot SC46. Thanks, Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Sleevi via Servercert-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2021 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com>; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Servercert-wg] Voting Begins for Ballot SC46: Sunset the CAA exception for DNS Operator<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, I realized belatedly that I forgot to clearly indicate the Voting End Time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As such, the previous mail did not officially start voting. Thankfully, as no votes were received, I think we can just say I didn't start it correctly?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find the corrected announcement below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This email begins the voting period for Ballot SC46: Sunset the CAA exception for DNS operator<br>
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Purpose of Ballot:<br>
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This Ballot addresses security issues with Section 3.2.2.8 regarding CAA checking.<br>
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Currently, Section 3.2.2.8 permits a CA to bypass CAA checking if the CA or an Affiliate of the CA is the DNS Operator. This term is referred to through RFC 7719, and involves a precise technical definition regarding how a zone's authoritative servers are configured
and expressed (e.g. NS records). While this allows a CA to skip looking up the CAA record, it does not absolve them of the need to look up these other records on every issuance.<br>
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As practiced by CAs, this has clearly caused some confusion. For example, some CAs have incorrectly implemented policies that determine they're authoritative based on self-assertion that they are authoritative, which is not consistent with the current requirements.<br>
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To avoid these issues, this sunsets the CAA exception on 2021-07-01 for the DNS Operator, simplifying the requirements and reducing ambiguities for CAs performing validation.<br>
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The following motion has been proposed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Jacob Hoffman-Andrews of ISRG/Let's Encrypt.<br>
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It can be viewed on GitHub as <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fservercert%2Fpull%2F271&data=04%7C01%7CMike.reilly%40microsoft.com%7C6fa38de8327947b82d8708d920744980%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637576506099439023%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bgfpJEcbb1lluBmGg0NmADiC3B6whwOCs6w%2FQZ0%2Fy3w%3D&reserved=0">
https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/271</a><br>
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-- MOTION BEGINS --<br>
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This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.7.4:<br>
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MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:<br>
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<a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fservercert%2Fcompare%2F47248d77d371356780b08cfa971b26d88d704ca8..6d34b1d51f645912d2237d5d4b46f4a49e8352ed&data=04%7C01%7CMike.reilly%40microsoft.com%7C6fa38de8327947b82d8708d920744980%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637576506099449004%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=us0KmE8GYu0bHhCO%2Fhl22REYOXgX%2FQ6qJLTFwycyW9U%3D&reserved=0">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/47248d77d371356780b08cfa971b26d88d704ca8..6d34b1d51f645912d2237d5d4b46f4a49e8352ed</a><br>
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-- MOTION ENDS --<br>
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This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline.<br>
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The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:<br>
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Discussion (7+ days)<br>
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Start Time: 2021-05-13 20:00:00 UTC<br>
End Time: 2021-05-26 14:00:00 UTC<br>
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Vote for approval (7 days)<br>
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Start Time: 2021-05-26 18:30:00 UTC<br>
End Time: 2021-06-02 18:30:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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