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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun>After consideration and consultation via the SCWG mailing list, we have decided to move forward with the Weak Keys Guidance Ballot (SC-59) as is, save for the effective date. </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun>We believe that the requested date of November 15, 2023, will allow enough time for Certificate Authorities to enact any changes to their systems to ensure that they perform the weak key checks on all CSRs submitted for TLS certificates. As such, we would like to move the ballot to the voting stage. </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b>- Motion Begins -</b> </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 2.0.0.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Notes: Upon beginning discussion for SC-59, the then-current version of the BRs was 1.8.4; since that time several ballots have been approved, leading to the increment of the version to 1.8.7 and eventually 2.0.0, which is the latest approved version of the BRs. The changes introduced in SC-59 do not conflict with any of the recent ballots. As observed with other ballots in the past, minor administrative updates must be made to the proposed ballot text before publication such that the appropriate Version # and Change History are accurately represented (e.g., to indicate these changes will be represented in Version 2.0.1). </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun> </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline: </span></span><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a0360b61e73476959220dc328e3b68d0224fa0b3...SSLcom:servercert:958e6ccac857b826fead6e4bd06d58f4fdd7fa7a" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a0360b61e73476959220dc328e3b68d0224fa0b3...SSLcom:servercert:958e6ccac857b826fead6e4bd06d58f4fdd7fa7a</span></span></a><span class=normaltextrun> </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b>- Motion Ends<span style='color:#0078D4'> -</span></b></span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun>Vote for approval (7 days)</span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun> Start Time: 2023-06-22 18:00 UTC </span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun> End Time: 2023-06-29 18:00 UTC</span><span class=eop> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>