[cabf_netsec] Notes from Today's NetSec Call

[Tim Hollebeek]

Thanks, Tobias, I think having concrete proposals in github and being able
to move forward on them between meetings is EXACTLY the sort of work
that can help improve our productivity.

-Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Netsec [mailto:netsec-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Tobias S.
> Josefowitz via Netsec
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:02 AM
> To: CA/Browser Forum Network Security WG List <netsec at cabforum.org>
> Subject: Re: [cabf_netsec] Notes from Today's NetSec Call
> 
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, Dimitris Zacharopoulos via Netsec wrote:
> >
> > Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting. Making bigger steps, as
> > historically demonstrated, is not an achievable goal. The NCSSRs have
> > been used not just for CAs issuing SSL Certificates but for all kinds.
> > They have been integrated in International audit standards (WebTrust,
> > ETSI, who knows what else). I would recommend sticking to existing
> > decisions and goals that were set both from the WG and from the larger
> > Forum. We also agreed from the very beginning that we would try to
> > tackle with the non-controversial issues first before moving to the
> > more controversial ones. I don't think we are ready to handle more
> controversial issues before dealing with the non-controversial.
> 
> Sorry for rocking the boat, not my intention. I agree with you in
principle. My
> comment may in parts have been motivated by me personally losing track a
> tiny little bit.
> 
> To get back on track, I have started to prepare a git repository tracking
our
> changes and work in progress; I plan to organize this in branches like
> "ballot/221" or "wip/definitions", however the final structure will emerge
only
> once I have added all the changes. I intend to make this available on
github as
> soon as I am done, in case anyone should be interested in that.
> 
> In addition I will very cautiously suggest that I hope that tracking our
changes in
> git in some cases might help to move some work outside of the WG calls;
i.e.
> the WG could agree on changes on a high level and then a volunteer could
> make an "implementation suggestion" until the next call, which we can then
> discuss.
> 
> Tobi
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