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<p class="MsoNormal">Entrust votes Yes to ballot SC48.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bruce.<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>Corey Bonnell via Servercert-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Servercert-wg] Voting Period Begins for Ballot SC48 v2: Domain Name and IP Address Encoding<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This email begins the voting period for Ballot SC48 v2: Domain Name and IP Address Encoding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0174C3"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h2>Purpose of Ballot<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ballot 202 set out to clarify requirements regarding encoding of domain names and IP addresses in Subscriber Certificates, but the Ballot ultimately failed to pass. Since then, there have been numerous differences in interpretation of the
written requirements.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Ballot seeks to resolve these differences in interpretation and to provide unambiguous guidance on the correct encoding of domain names and IP addresses in Subscriber Certificates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The following motion has been proposed by Corey Bonnell of DigiCert and endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Motion Begins<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.7.6:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cf4e17a43977dcf7cb9c9e41efd2df4be4707e13..e51b5cfbd1dfcf571523a4597c70a1395c508450">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cf4e17a43977dcf7cb9c9e41efd2df4be4707e13...e51b5cfbd1dfcf571523a4597c70a1395c508450</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This ballot modifies the “Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates” (“EV Guidelines”) as follows, based on Version 1.7.6:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MODIFY the EV Guidelines as defined in the following redline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cf4e17a43977dcf7cb9c9e41efd2df4be4707e13..e51b5cfbd1dfcf571523a4597c70a1395c508450">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cf4e17a43977dcf7cb9c9e41efd2df4be4707e13...e51b5cfbd1dfcf571523a4597c70a1395c508450</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Motion Ends<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discussion (7+ days)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2021-07-08 15:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2021-07-15 15:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Start Time: 2021-07-15 15:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">End Time: 2021-07-22 15:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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