[cabfpub] Ballot 109 - Create SSL Performance Working Group

[Håvard Molland]

Opera Software voes YES

Håvard

On 10/24/2013 01:42 PM, Gervase Markham wrote:
> Mozilla votes YES, drawing attention to the voting deadline of 2200 UTC
> on Monday, October 28, 2013 (in four days time).
>
> Gerv
>
> On 21/10/13 18:09, Ben Wilson wrote:
>> One minor amendment was made during the comment period to add the phrase
>> “while still providing acceptable levels of security” to the description
>> of the proposed working group’s expected work product.  So, unless
>> endorsers withdraw their support such that there are fewer than two
>> endorsers, I do not see the need to further delay this ballot, and
>> voting will begin at 2200 UTC later today.
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>> Ballot 109 – Create SSL Performance Working Group
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>> Gervase Markham (Mozilla) made the following motion, endorsed by Rick
>> Andrews from Symantec, Richard Wang from WoSign, Ben Wilson from
>> DigiCert, and Ryan Hurst from GlobalSign:
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>> --- Motion begins ---
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>> The CAB Forum shall create a Working Group, to be known as the SSL
>> Performance Working Group.
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>> Scope: the Working Group shall consider all matters having a bearing on
>> software deployments which use SSL and the Web PKI. Examples might
>> include: certificate contents, choice of proposed ciphers, webserver
>> configuration, and OCSP configuration.
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>> Deliverables: the Working Group shall produce one or more documents
>> giving best practice guidance for getting the best performance from a
>> SSL deployment which uses the Web PKIwhile still providing acceptable
>> levels of security. The expectation is that such documentation will be
>> submitted to the Forum for publication as (a) non-binding Forum document(s).
>>
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>> Expiration Date: the Working Group shall expire twenty-seven months
>> ("one EV") from the passing of this resolution, unless extended by a
>> further ballot of the Members, such a ballot to specify the extension
>> period and any necessarily modifications of the scope and deliverables.
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>> ... Motion ends ...
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>> Voting starts at 2200 UTC on Monday, October 21, 2013.  The voting
>> period will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, October 28, 2013.  During this
>> period, if the ballot is modified for reasons other than to correct
>> minor typographical errors, then the ballot will be deemed to have been
>> withdrawn.
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>> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
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>> A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.
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>> A vote against the ballot must indicate a clear 'no' in the response.
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>> A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response.
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>> Unclear responses will not be counted.
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>> The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member
>> before the close of the voting period will be counted.
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>> Voting members are listed here: http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html
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>> In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes
>> cast by members in the CA category and more than one half of the votes
>> cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, quorum
>> is currently six (6) members-- at least six members must participate in
>> the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or by abstaining
>> for the vote to be valid.
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