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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">GlobalSign would like to endorse this proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Arvid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Dickson via Servercert-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 16 September 2024 16:33<br>
<b>To:</b> ServerCert CA/BF <Servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Servercert-wg] Sunsetting use of WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In light of recent events where research from WatchTowr Labs demonstrated how threat actors could exploit WHOIS to obtain fraudulently issued TLS certificates [1] and follow-on discussions
in MDSP [2][3], we drafted an introductory proposal [4] to sunset the use of WHOIS for identifying Domain Contacts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The proposal sets a prohibition against relying on WHOIS to identify Domain Contacts beginning 11/1/2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While publicly-trusted CA Owners are required to disclose and maintain in-use DCV methods to the CCADB [5], the collected data lacks specificity, hindering our ability to assess
the extent of reliance on WHOIS and the potential impact of transitioning away from it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Feedback on the proposal (preferably using comments or suggestions on the Pull Request via GitHub) along with volunteers for endorsers would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ryan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">P.S., I apologize if this effort is redundant to discussions already taking place in the Forum, I was traveling last week and am catching up on email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[1]
<a href="https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/">
https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[2]
<a href="https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/FuOi_uhQB6U">
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/FuOi_uhQB6U</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[3]
<a href="https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/mAl9XjieSkA">
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/mAl9XjieSkA</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[4]
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/548">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/548</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[5]
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IXL8Yk12gPQs8GXiosXCPLPgATJilaiVy-f9SbsMA28/edit?gid=268412787#gid=268412787">
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IXL8Yk12gPQs8GXiosXCPLPgATJilaiVy-f9SbsMA28/edit?gid=268412787#gid=268412787</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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