[cabfpub] Ballot 127 - Verification of Agency in EVG 11.7.2

[Mert ÖZARAR]

TURKTRUST votes YES.

Regards,

Mert


On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Rémi Pifaut <remi.pifaut at opentrust.com>
wrote:

> OpenTrust votes YES.
>
>
>
> Rémi.
>
> *De :* public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] *De
> la part de* Ben Wilson
> *Envoyé :* jeudi 10 juillet 2014 20:02
> *À :* public at cabforum.org
> *Objet :* Re: [cabfpub] Ballot 127 - Verification of Agency in EVG 11.7.2
>
>
>
> This morning during our CABF call Cecilia mentioned that the
> cross-reference in this ballot needed to be changed, so here is an updated
> version of Ballot 127.  Voting starts today at 2200 UTC.
>
> Cecilia Kam of Symantec made the following motion and Jeremy Rowley of
> Digicert and Kirk Hall of Trend Micro have endorsed it:
>
> *Reasons for proposed ballot*
>
> The EV Guidelines currently allow verification of agency through the
> applicant's human resources department by calling an independently verified
> telephone number and verifying employment. This process does not always
> work smoothly. Often employment verification is outsourced to a third party
> service provider, or HR person refuses to answer without taking specific
> procedural steps, and CA ends up asking to speak with IT department or
> managers within applicant's organization in order to obtain the needed
> confirmation.
>
> The proponents of this ballot believe that the proposed modification to
> this method of confirmation (contacting others within the applicant's
> organization, in addition to HR) is sufficiently trustworthy. This would
> still be performed by calling the applicant, at its publicly recognized
> phone number, and verifying employment of the applicant representative
> (Contract Signer or Certificate Approver) with someone other than the
> individual about whom the information is sought.
>
> *---MOTION BEGINS---*
>
> Subsection (2)(A) of section 11.7.2 of the Extended Validation Guidelines
> (Acceptable Methods of Verification - Name, Title and Agency) would be
> amended as follows:
>
> *(2) Agency: *The CA MAY verify the agency of the Contract Signer and the
> Certificate Approver by:
>
> (A) Contacting the Applicant*[STRIKE--'s Human Resources Department]* by
> phone or mail*[INSERT* *,]* *[STIKE (]*at the phone number or address for
> the Applicant*[STRIKE--'s Place of Business,]* *[INSERT--*obtained and*]*
> verified in accordance with* [STRIKE--these Guidelines)]* *[INSERT—Section
> 11.4.1 or 11.4.2,] *and obtaining confirmation that the Contract Signer
> and/or the Certificate Approver, as applicable, is an employee; or
> . . .
>
> The resulting subsection 11.7.2(2) would read as follows:
>
> (2) Agency: The CA MAY verify the agency of the Contract Signer and the
> Certificate Approver by:
>
> (A) Contacting the Applicant by phone or mail, at the phone number or
> address for the Applicant, obtained and verified in accordance with Section
> 11.4.1 or 11.4.2, and obtaining confirmation that the Contract Signer
> and/or the Certificate Approver, as applicable, is an employee; or
>
> *---MOTION ENDS---*
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday,
> July 3, 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, July 10, 2014.
>
> Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period
> will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday,
> July 17, 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this
> thread.
>
> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.
>
> A vote against 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: https://cabforum.org/members/
>
> 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. 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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Mert Özarar
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