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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">SwissSign votes ‘No’ on Ballot SC-59 v2 “Weak Key Guidance”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="mso-ligatures:none">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="mso-ligatures:none"> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Tom Zermeno via Servercert-wg<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2023 18:18<br>
<b>An:</b> Infrastructure Bot via Servercert-wg <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Servercert-wg] Voting Period Begins - Ballot SC-59 v2 "Weak Key Guidance"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Purpose of the Ballot SC-59<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">This ballot proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates related to
the identification and revocation of certificates with private keys that were generated in a manner that may make them susceptible to easy decryption. It specifically deals with Debian weak keys, ROCA, and Close Primes Vulnerability.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Notes:
</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<li class="paragraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you to the participants who voiced opinions and concerns about the previous version of the ballot. While there were many concerns
about the inclusion of the Debian weak keys checks, we have decided to leave the checks in the ballot. Our reasoning is that we wanted to strengthen the guidance statements, to help CAs ensure compliant certificate generation. Future reviews of the BRs may
cull the requirements, as is required by the needs of the community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="paragraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The following motion has been proposed by Thomas Zermeno of SSL.com and has been endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and Ben Wilson of Mozilla.
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">- Motion Begins -</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:
</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a0360b61e73476959220dc328e3b68d0224fa0b3...SSLcom:servercert:958e6ccac857b826fead6e4bd06d58f4fdd7fa7a" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a0360b61e73476959220dc328e3b68d0224fa0b3...SSLcom:servercert:958e6ccac857b826fead6e4bd06d58f4fdd7fa7a</span></a><span class="normaltextrun">
</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">- Motion Ends<span style="color:#0078D4"> -</span></span></b></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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<span style="color:#0E101A">The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Discussion (7 days)
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">• Start time: 2023-06-26 22:00:00 UTC
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">• End time: 2023-07-03 21:59:59 UTC</span></span><span class="scxw53035567"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Vote for approval (7 days)</span></b></span><span class="eop"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> • Start Time: 2023-07-06 17:00:00</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> • End Time: 2023-07-13 16:59:59</span></b></span><span class="eop"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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