[cabfpub] Ballot[75] - NameConstraints criticality flag

[Rob Stradling]

COMODO votes "yes".

The voting period has now officially begun.  :-)

On 25/05/12 15:45, Tim Moses wrote:
> Kathleen Wilson made the following motion, and Steve Roylance and Adam Langley endorsed it.
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> Motion begins
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> Effective immediately
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> Erratum begins
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> Delete the following text from the "Subordinate CA Certificate" section of both the Baseline Requirements Appendix B and EV Guidelines Appendix B:
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> "All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280."
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> AND replace it with the following:
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> "F. nameConstraints (optional)
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> . If present, this extension SHOULD be marked critical*.
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> All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280.
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> * Non-critical Name Constraints are an exception to RFC 5280 that MAY be used until the Name Constraints extension is supported by Application Software Suppliers whose software is used by a substantial portion of Relying Parties worldwide."
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> Erratum ends
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