[cabfpub] Ballot[75] - NameConstraints criticality flag

[Yngve Nysaeter Pettersen]

Opera Software ASA votes Yes.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 16:45:02 +0200, Tim Moses <tim.moses at entrust.com>  
wrote:

> Kathleen Wilson made the following motion, and Steve Roylance and Adam  
> Langley endorsed it.
> ________________________________________
> Motion begins
> ________________________________________
> Effective immediately
> ________________________________________
> 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:
>
> "All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280."
>
> AND replace it with the following:
>
> "F. nameConstraints (optional)
>
> . If present, this extension SHOULD be marked critical*.
>
> All other fields and extensions MUST be set in accordance to RFC 5280.
>
> * 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."
> ________________________________________
> Erratum ends
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> The ballot review period comes into effect at 21:00 UTC on May 25, 2012  
> and will close at 21:00 UTC on June 1, 2012. Unless the motion is  
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> Motion ends
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-- 
Sincerely,
Yngve N. Pettersen
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