[Cscwg-public] VOTING Results: Ballot CSC-6: Update to Subscriber Private Key Protection Requirements

[Bruce Morton]

Voting has closed on CSCWG-6 and the ballot has FAILED. The results are below:

CAs in favor: None
Opposed: DigiCert, Entrust, GlobalSign, HARICA, SecureTrust
Abstaining: None

Certificate Consumers in favor: None
Opposed: Microsoft
Abstaining: None


Bruce.

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Purpose of this ballot: Update the subscriber private key protection requirements in the Baseline Requirement for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Code Signing Certificates v2.7. The following motion has been proposed by Ian McMillan of Microsoft, and endorsed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and Bruce Morton of Entrust.

- MOTION BEGINS -

This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 2.7 according to the attached redline which includes:


  1.  Update section 16.3 “Subscriber Private Key Protection” to “Subscriber Private Key Protection and Verification”
  2.  Update section 16.3 “Subscriber Private Key Protection” to include sub-sections “16.3.1 Subscriber Private Key Protection” and “16.3.2 Subscriber Private Key Verification”
  3.  Update section 16.3 under new sub-section 16.3.1 to remove allowance of TPM key generation and software protected private key protection, and remove private key protection requirement differences between EV and non-EV Code Signing Certificates
  4.  Update section 16.3 under new sub-section 16.3.1 to include the allowance of key generation and protection using a cloud-based key protection solution providing key generation and protection in a hardware crypto module that conforms to at least FIPS 140-2 Level 2 or Common Criteria EAL 4+
  5.  Update section 16.3 under new sub-section 16.3.2 to include verification for Code Signing Certificates' private key generation and storage in a crypto module that meets or exceeds the requirements of FIPS 140-2 level 2 or Common Criteria EAL 4+ by the CAs. Include additional acceptable methods for verification including cloud-based key generation and protection solutions and a stipulation for CAs to satisfy this verification requirement with additional means specified in their CPS. Any additional means specified by a CA in their CPS, must be proposed to the CA/Browser Forum for inclusion into the acceptable methods for section 16.3.2 within 6 months of inclusion in their CPS.

- MOTION ENDS -

The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

Discussion (7 days)
Start Time: 2022-02-14, 19:30 Eastern Time (US)
End Time: not before 2022-02-21, 19:30 Eastern Time (US)

Vote for approval (7 days)
Start Time:  2022-02-22,10:30 Eastern Time (US)
End Time: 2022-03-01,10:30 Eastern Time (US)


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