[cabfpub] Ballot 109 - Create SSL Performance Working Group

Mads Egil Henriksveen Mads.Henriksveen at buypass.no
Mon Oct 28 08:57:25 MST 2013


Buypass votes YES.

Regards
Mads

From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Ben Wilson
Sent: 21. oktober 2013 19:09
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Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Ballot 109 - Create SSL Performance Working Group

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.


Ballot 109 - Create SSL Performance Working Group



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:



--- Motion begins ---



The CAB Forum shall create a Working Group, to be known as the SSL Performance Working Group.



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.



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 PKI while 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).



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.



... Motion ends ...



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is modified for reasons other than to correct minor typographical errors, then the ballot will be deemed to have been withdrawn.



Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.



A vote in favor of the ballot must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.



A vote against the ballot must indicate a clear 'no' in the response.



A vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response.



Unclear responses will not be counted.



The latest vote received from any representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period will be counted.



Voting members are listed here: http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html



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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