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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/5/2024 10:30 π.μ., Ryan Dickson
      wrote:<br>
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                style="" face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks for the update,
                Dimitris - and to the ballot endorsers for their
                consideration of the points made in my message.</font></span></p>
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                face="arial, sans-serif">In general, I have no
                objections to the recently described adoption approach
                or timeline. </font></span></p>
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              </span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I'm
                fine with the stated preference for pre-signing over
                post-signing linting but the post-signing linting should
                not be "NOT RECOMMENDED" because it doesn't do any harm
                on its own. The fact is that we must clearly state that
                the pre-sign linting is mandatory and the post-sign
                linting is optional.</span></font></p>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font
                face="arial, sans-serif">The point I was hoping to make
                was that the practice of final certificate linting, if
                performed exclusively, should be considered NOT
                RECOMMENDED. Sorry for not being more clear. <br>
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    <font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks for the clarification. I
      believe there is consensus to push for the pre-signed linting
      going forward, leaving the post-signed linting as an additional
      control to double-check that everything went well in the final
      issuance process but also for future updated linters (see below).<br>
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cite="mid:CADEW5O_XuPS718T4LvD1O0FA7F6b80HPsG2vedwHPEMEet+LKw@mail.gmail.com">
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                face="arial, sans-serif">> It is also challenging to
                define what an "update" is, at which level (major, minor
                version), etc. I would prefer leaving that out of this
                particular ballot and let someone else address it in a
                separate ballot without risking the speed and success of
                the linting ballot. I hope this makes sense.</font></span></p>
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            style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font
                face="arial, sans-serif">It’s not clear to me there’s
                urgency behind this ballot, or why we should consider
                the speed of requirements drafting meaningful in this
                specific case. I believe the need to adopt linting, and
                the value the practice plays when considering preventing
                mis-issuance, is clear to community members. </font></span></p>
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            style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font
                face="arial, sans-serif">In any event, I can appreciate
                the perspective of wanting to take a consistent and
                holistic approach re: timelines within the BRs. Perhaps
                there’s an opportunity for near-term compromise that
                recommends use of updated software versions as described
                in my message (and below), while also recognizing future
                action is needed to more completely address your concern
                moving forward. </font></span></p>
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                face="arial, sans-serif">For example, something like: </font></span></p>
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            role="presentation"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“</span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CAs SHOULD evaluate and adopt relevant updates made available for applicable linting packages in the context of their certificate issuance practices within 30 days of their release.”</span></font></p></li>
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                face="arial, sans-serif">OR</font></span></p>
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            <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p
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            style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"
            role="presentation"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“</span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CAs MUST describe how they evaluate and adopt relevant updates made available for applicable linting packages in the context of their certificate issuance practices within their CPS.</span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">”</span></font></p></li>
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          <p dir="ltr"
            style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font
                face="arial, sans-serif">I think offering commentary on
                linting package update cadence is useful because in the
                case of several recent incident reports disclosed to
                Bugzilla, we see CA owners committing to updating to the
                latest version of a tool because it’s become clear
                through the mis-issuance incident report(s) they were
                not running the latest version. From this perspective,
                establishing good practice in the BRs to offer better
                alignment with the ballot’s problem statement is
                considered favorable. <br>
              </font></span></p>
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    <font face="arial, sans-serif">The biggest challenge with this
      update language is that it must be open to support various
      implementations and not be super prescriptive. I believe you are
      thinking this from the perspective that a CA will use an external
      tool for linting, and therefore installing an update 30 days after
      a new version release makes sense. However, we should take into
      consideration that the CA may be writing its own linters and the
      language in the BRs must support it.<br>
      <br>
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cite="mid:CADEW5O_XuPS718T4LvD1O0FA7F6b80HPsG2vedwHPEMEet+LKw@mail.gmail.com">
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">One
                other consideration that might be worth thinking about
                is how to promote a recommendation that CAs evaluate new
                linting tools as they become available and known to
                Forum members (e.g., added to <a
                  href="https://cabforum.org/resources/tools/"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://cabforum.org/resources/tools/</a>).
                For example, pkilint (</span><a
href="https://github.com/digicert/pkilint/releases/tag/v0.9.0"
                style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Version
                  0.9.0</span></a><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)
                was released about 3-weeks prior to the effective date
                described in </span><a
href="https://cabforum.org/2023/03/17/ballot-sc62v2-certificate-profiles-update/"
                style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">SC-62</span></a><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.
                It is my understanding that the use of pkilint prior to
                SC-62’s effective date would have identified and
                possibly prevented nearly all of the mis-issuance
                incident reports disclosed over the past few months.
                There are a few edges here that need to be considered,
                but I think the topic is worth further discussion. <br>
              </span></font></p>
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    <br>
    I'd like to provide an additional perspective. CAs have different
    change management policies, some more rigorous than others. It is
    not unreasonable to consider that when a new software package is
    announced in any industry, it passes security checks and analysis
    before being considered for adoption. When pkilint was announced,
    just like with other linters in the past, it had to be tested and
    analyzed until it was deemed appropriate and secure for production
    use in the certificate issuance pipeline. IMHO in order to do this
    properly, 3 weeks are not enough. Any new software component built
    by a third-party needs to be examined carefully (for its security
    and performance), and even for a CA with a very competent software
    engineering department will probably need more than 3-weeks to vet
    such a tool for production use. Judging from publicly disclosed
    incident reports, we see that a number of CAs rely on external
    vendors for software development, therefore this vetting process for
    third-party software would take even longer. <br>
    <br>
    I agree that, ideally, a 30-day window to install any linting update
    is optimistic but reasonable, however we need to consider the level
    of updates (minor? major? how can we define it without knowing the
    exact software?) because a major update will require significantly
    more effort to review, test and implement. <br>
    <br>
    How about:<br>
    <ul>
      <li><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span>"If a CA uses third
        party developed software for Linting , it SHOULD monitor for
        updated versions of that software and plan for updates no later
        than three (3) months from the release of the update".</li>
    </ul>
    While we're in this vein, it would also be useful to add a
    recommendation for CAs to lint all non-expired, non-revoked
    certificates whenever they install an update of their linting
    software.<br>
    <ul>
      <li>"The CA SHOULD perform Linting on the corpus of its
        non-expired, non-revoked Subscriber Certificates whenever it
        updates the Linting software".<br>
      </li>
    </ul>
    What do people think about these proposals?<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    Dimitris.<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 26, 2024 at
          3:41 AM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <<a
            href="mailto:dzacharo@harica.gr" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dzacharo@harica.gr</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          <div> Hi Ryan,<br>
            <br>
            Thank you for the feedback. After some internal discussions
            with Corey and Ben, please see comments inline.<br>
            <br>
            <div>On 20/5/2024 10:35 μ.μ., Ryan Dickson wrote:<br>
            </div>
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style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hi
                        Dimitris, Corey, and Ben,</span></p>
                    <br>
                    <p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank
                        you for bringing this ballot forward for the
                        group’s consideration.</span></p>
                    <br>
                    <p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">A
                        few questions:</span></p>
                    <ul>
                      <li><span style="background-color:transparent">Given
                          the perceived value of linting, should we
                          consider a stronger position on its adoption
                          (i.e., MUST versus SHOULD)? While I recognize
                          that the Baseline Requirements represent
                          minimum expectations, consistent and reliable
                          adoption of linting seems to provide the
                          ecosystem with the best chance of addressing
                          the problem statement described in the ballot
                          summary.</span></li>
                      <ul>
                        <li>To accomplish this goal, the ballot could be
                          modified to require use of linting (either tbs
                          certificate linting, pre-certificate linting,
                          or final certificate linting), with tbs
                          certificate linting being considered
                          RECOMMENDED and final certificate linting as
                          being considered NOT RECOMMENDED.</li>
                        <li>This goal could be further realized by
                          either a (1) phased-implementation (i.e.,
                          SHOULD now, MUST later) - or (2) a
                          forward-looking effective date that considers
                          a reasonable timeline for adoption for those
                          CA Owners looking to adhere to the BRs that do
                          not perform linting today.</li>
                      </ul>
                    </ul>
                  </font></span></div>
            </blockquote>
            <br>
            I see two issues here:<br>
            <ol>
              <li>Require linting with either a phased-approach or
                directly with a single effective date: I'm fine with
                either approach with a slight preference to the
                phased-in. CAs should have been following public
                incidents and m.d.s.p. discussions for years, so
                existing CAs should already be doing pre-sign linting.
                OTOH new CAs need the additional guidance. A CA will
                either have to create its own technical tools to check
                their profiles accuracy or use the recommended
                open-source tools we reference.<br>
              </li>
              <li>I'm fine with the stated preference for pre-signing
                over post-signing linting but the post-signing linting
                should not be "NOT RECOMMENDED" because it doesn't do
                any harm on its own. The fact is that we must clearly
                state that the pre-sign linting is mandatory and the
                post-sign linting is optional.</li>
            </ol>
            With that said, Ben and Corey have agreed with a SHOULD
            effective date of 15 September, 2024 and a SHALL effective
            date of 15 March, 2025. If people have objections to setting
            these effective dates, please let me know.<br>
            <br>
            <blockquote type="cite">
              <div dir="ltr"><span
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658gmail-docs-internal-guid-a959ac7f-7fff-df49-cc47-fb40c32b2442"><font
                    face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">
                    <ul>
                      <li>Is it worth more clearly establishing
                        expectations for the evaluation and, when
                        applicable, deployment of <span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">updates</span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
                          made by or to linting tools. For example, can
                          we establish a reasonable expectation that
                          within 30(?) days after an update has been
                          made to a linting tool relied upon by a CA, it
                          has either (1) been adopted in the production
                          issuance environment - or (2) considered not
                          applicable given the scope of recent updates
                          (for example, if a CA only issues DV
                          certificates, and the most recent update only
                          pertains to EV certificates, there is no
                          expectation that the updated version is
                          deployed). </span><br>
                      </li>
                    </ul>
                  </font></span></div>
            </blockquote>
            <br>
            This may open a series of questions around updates in other,
            more security-critical components of the CA pipeline. I
            think we should address this issue more holistically as it
            affects updates to hardware firmware, OS patches, CA vendor
            software updates, third-party software dependencies,
            switches/router firmware, and other dependencies in
            Certificate Management Systems.<br>
            <br>
            It is also challenging to define what an "update" is, at
            which level (major, minor version), etc. I would prefer
            leaving that out of this particular ballot and let someone
            else address it in a separate ballot without risking the
            speed and success of the linting ballot. I hope this makes
            sense.<br>
            <br>
            More feedback is welcome before proceeding with the changes.<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            Best regards,<br>
            Dimitris.<br>
            <br>
            <blockquote type="cite">
              <div dir="ltr"><span
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658gmail-docs-internal-guid-a959ac7f-7fff-df49-cc47-fb40c32b2442"><font
                    face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br>
                    <p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thanks
                        for your consideration.</span></p>
                    <br>
                    <p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-
                        Ryan</span></p>
                  </font></span><br>
              </div>
              <br>
              <div class="gmail_quote">
                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 20, 2024
                  at 2:04 PM Inigo Barreira via Servercert-wg <<a
                    href="mailto:servercert-wg@cabforum.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">servercert-wg@cabforum.org</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
                </div>
                <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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                    <div lang="ES">
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt">Hi Dimitris,</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">I don´t
                            know if the “(help to improve)” is adding
                            any additional hidden requirement. IMO, I´d
                            remove that.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Regards</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                        <div>
                          <div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm">
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">De:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Servercert-wg
                                <<a
href="mailto:servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org</a>>
                                <b>En nombre de </b>Dimitris
                                Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Servercert-wg<br>
                                <b>Enviado el:</b> lunes, 20 de mayo de
                                2024 19:57<br>
                                <b>Para:</b> CA/B Forum Server
                                Certificate WG Public Discussion List
                                <<a
href="mailto:servercert-wg@cabforum.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">servercert-wg@cabforum.org</a>><br>
                                <b>Asunto:</b> [Servercert-wg] Ballot
                                SC-75 - Pre-sign linting</span></p>
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                        <o:p class="MsoNormal"> </o:p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"
style="line-height:12pt;background:rgb(250,250,3)"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">CAUTION:
                              This email originated from outside of the
                              organization. Do not click links or open
                              attachments unless you recognize the
                              sender and know the content is safe.</span></p>
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                        <o:p class="MsoNormal"> </o:p>
                        <div>
                          <h1>SC-75 Pre-sign linting</h1>
                          <h2
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-summary">Summary</h2>
                          <p
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-this-pull-request-pr">There
                            have been numerous compliance incidents
                            publicly disclosed by CAs in which they
                            failed to comply with the technical
                            requirements described in standards
                            associated with the issuance and management
                            of publicly-trusted TLS Certificates.
                            However, the industry has developed
                            open-source tools, linters, that are free to
                            use and can help CAs avoid certificate
                            misissuance. Using such linters before
                            issuing a precertificate from a
                            Publicly-Trusted CA (pre-issuance linting)
                            can prevent the mis-issuance in a wide
                            variety of cases.</p>
                          <p
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-the-following-motion">The
                            following motion has been proposed by
                            Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and
                            endorsed by Corey Bonnell of Digicert and
                            Ben Wilson of Mozilla.</p>
                          <p
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-you-can-view-and-com">You
                            can view the GitHub pull request
                            representing this ballot <a
href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fservercert%2Fpull%2F518&data=05%7C02%7Cinigo.barreira%40sectigo.com%7Cba7a2f0fe37e4bb49d7a08dc78f6397c%7C0e9c48946caa465d96604b6968b49fb7%7C0%7C0%7C638518246126378220%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZzEsOoXvcYi%2F%2BO8TpaYY%2FIP7FV9sVmgn2sXa4fhHMTo%3D&reserved=0"
                              moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>. </p>
                          <h2
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-motion-begins">Motion
                            Begins</h2>
                          <p
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-modify-the-%22baseline">MODIFY
                            the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance
                            and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS
                            Server Certificates" based on Version 2.0.4
                            as specified in the following redline:</p>
                          <ul
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fc"
                            type="disc">
                            <li><a
href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcabforum%2Fservercert%2Fcompare%2F049237e096650fe01f67780b7c24bd5211ee3038...ada5d6e0db76b32be28d64edd7b0677bbef9c2f5&data=05%7C02%7Cinigo.barreira%40sectigo.com%7Cba7a2f0fe37e4bb49d7a08dc78f6397c%7C0e9c48946caa465d96604b6968b49fb7%7C0%7C0%7C638518246126388782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Yf5qjQ41hV93d91TsZ2PpvnRaK4zysf1UKIW%2Btuqwg%3D&reserved=0"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/049237e096650fe01f67780b7c24bd5211ee3038...ada5d6e0db76b32be28d64edd7b0677bbef9c2f5</a> </li>
                          </ul>
                          <h2
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-motion-ends">Motion
                            Ends</h2>
                          <p
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-this-ballot-proposes">This
                            ballot proposes a Final Maintenance
                            Guideline. The procedure for approval of
                            this ballot is as follows:</p>
                          <h4
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-discussion-%2811%2B-days">Discussion
                            (at least 7 days)</h4>
                          <ul
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-start-time%3A-2024-01-"
                            type="disc">
                            <li>Start time: 2024-05-20 18:00:00 UTC</li>
                            <li>End time: on or after 2024-05-27
                              18:00:00 UTC</li>
                          </ul>
                          <h4
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-vote-for-approval-%287">Vote
                            for approval (7 days)</h4>
                          <ul
id="m_1600128793445267323m_2832419603062105658m_-7238962214217580443bkmrk-start-time%3A-tbd-end-"
                            type="disc">
                            <li>Start time: TBD</li>
                            <li>End time: TBD</li>
                          </ul>
                          <o:p class="MsoNormal"> </o:p> </div>
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