[cabfpub] Ballot 109 - Create SSL Performance Working Group

[Gervase Markham]

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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