[Smcwg-public] SMC03: Corrections and clarifications for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements”

[Stephen Davidson]

SMC03: Corrections and clarifications for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements”



Purpose of Ballot:



The ballot proposes text to clarify certain sections and to make corrections in other sections of v1.0.0 of the S/MIME Baseline Requirements.  The affected sections include:



*       Transition for Extant S/MIME CAs in Definitions, 7.1.2.2, and Appendix B
*       Clarification of Enterprise RA capabilities in 1.3.2.1
*       Updated Mailbox Address definition in 1.3.3
*       Updated Pseudonym reference in 3.1.1, 3.1.3, 7.1.4.2.2 (a), and 9.4.2
*       Enterprise RA reference clarifications in 3.2.4, 3.2.4.2 (6), and 3.28
*       Cleaning up of numbering in 4.9.1.1
*       Addition of keyUsages for EdDSA Certificates in 7.1.2.3 (e)
*       Clarification of LEI in 7.1.2.3 (l)
*       Clarification of ISO code in organizationIdentifier in 7.1.4.2.2 (a)
*       Clarification of ETSI audit requirements in 8.4
*       Minor text corrections



The following motion has been proposed by Stephen Davidson of DigiCert and endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and Christophe Bonjean of GlobalSign.



— MOTION BEGINS —



This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (“S/MIME Baseline Requirements”) resulting in Version 1.0.1.



The proposed modifications to the S/MIME Baseline Requirements may be found at https://github.com/srdavidson/smime/compare/ba234cef9a443716e09d2fd2dcb715b8b709dd61...a6a1e287c3511f40c86d6cd2a1596889413e73d8.



The SMCWG Chair or Vice-Chair is permitted to update the Relevant Dates and Version Number of the S/MIME Baseline Requirements to reflect final dates.



— MOTION ENDS —



This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:



Discussion (9 days)

Start Time: 26 June 2023 17:00 UTC

End Time: 5 July 2023 17:00 UTC



Vote for approval (7 days)

Start Time: 5 July 2023 17:00 UTC

End Time: 12 July 2023 17:00 UTC



IPR Review (30 days

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