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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>SSL.com votes “Yes” on ballot SC-72.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul van Brouwershaven via Servercert-wg<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 25, 2024 7:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Servercert-wg] [Voting Period Begins]: SC-72 - Delete except to policyQualifiers in EVGs; align with BRs by making them NOT RECOMMENDED<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>This ballot updates the TLS Extended Validation Guidelines (EVGs) by removing the exceptions to </span><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>policyQualifiers</span></code><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> in section 9.7, to align them with the Baseline Requirements (BRs).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>The following motion has been proposed by Paul van Brouwershaven (Entrust) and endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) and Iñigo Barreira (Sectigo).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>--- Motion Begins ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>This ballot modifies the “Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates” (“EV Guidelines”) as follows, based on version 1.8.1:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>MODIFY the Extended Validation Guidelines as specified in the following redline: <a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/8e7fc7d5cac0cc27c44fe2aa88cf45f5606f4b94...7b9bb1dbfd41b1d0459b8a985ed629ad841ce122">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/8e7fc7d5cac0cc27c44fe2aa88cf45f5606f4b94...7b9bb1dbfd41b1d0459b8a985ed629ad841ce122</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>--- Motion Ends ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Discussion (at least 7 days):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>- Start: 2024-03-15 10:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>- End no earlier than 2024-03-22 10:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Vote for approval (7 days):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>- Start: <span style='background:white'>2024-03-25 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>- End: <span style='background:white'>2024-04-01 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Any email and files/attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If this message has been sent to you in error, you must not copy, distribute or disclose of the information it contains. <u>Please notify Entrust immediately and delete the message from your system.</u></i> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>