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<p class="MsoNormal">Entrust votes Yes to ballot SC-073.<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>Wayne Thayer via Servercert-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 25, 2024 8:00 PM<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 - Ballot SC-073: Compromised and Weak Keys<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Purpose of Ballot SC-073 This ballot proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates related
to weak and compromised private keys. These changes lie primarily in Section <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Purpose of Ballot SC-073</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This ballot proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates related to weak and compromised private keys. These changes lie primarily
in Section <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/6.1.1.3__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!fdWLkQLesW1zyk0Nxr7DLPoVDfQ5Z6uUXpyDFSQtAVZKQIyw8_dGcjCVqQ4vHWXTmcHqMxa8z3E55rCWqAUIsxdFQrosYg$" target="_blank">
6.1.1.3</a>:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.1.1.3(4) clarifies that, for the purpose of this requirement, CAs shall be made aware of compromised keys using their existing notification mechanism(s).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.1.1.3(5) improves guidance for CAs around the detection of weak keys. Should this ballot pass, these changes become effective on November 15, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Notes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This ballot builds on the extensive work done by SSL.com in creating ballot SC-59v2 Weak Key Guidance. SSL.com’s contributions are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks to Rob Stradling of Sectigo for the generation and publication of the set of Debian weak keys referenced in this ballot.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Debian weak keys requirements have been discussed extensively, including in the following threads:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-March/004291.html__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!fdWLkQLesW1zyk0Nxr7DLPoVDfQ5Z6uUXpyDFSQtAVZKQIyw8_dGcjCVqQ4vHWXTmcHqMxa8z3E55rCWqAUIsxdPt0ngAg$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1155CC">https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-March/004291.html</span></a> and
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-April/004422.html__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!fdWLkQLesW1zyk0Nxr7DLPoVDfQ5Z6uUXpyDFSQtAVZKQIyw8_dGcjCVqQ4vHWXTmcHqMxa8z3E55rCWqAUIsxcOoYWCjQ$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1155CC">https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-April/004422.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This ballot does not appear to conflict with any other ballots that are currently under discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Fastly, and endorsed by Brittany Randall of GoDaddy and Bruce Morton of Entrust.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">— Motion Begins —</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 2.0.3.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MODIFY the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates as specified in the following Redline:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here is a link to the immutable GitHub redline:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a65402cff89affe1fc0a1f0e49807c7e42e1608a...bee10c8e4a56815bffd59fab12cbd4044baa7cc0__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!fdWLkQLesW1zyk0Nxr7DLPoVDfQ5Z6uUXpyDFSQtAVZKQIyw8_dGcjCVqQ4vHWXTmcHqMxa8z3E55rCWqAUIsxd1OluByg$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a65402cff89affe1fc0a1f0e49807c7e42e1608a...bee10c8e4a56815bffd59fab12cbd4044baa7cc0</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">— Motion Ends —</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Discussion (7+ days)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Start time: 2024-04-18 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">End time: 2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Vote for approval (7 days)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Start time: 2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">End time: 2024-05-03 00:00:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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