[cabfpub] Ballot 112 - Replace Definition of "Internal Server Name" with "Internal Name"

[Doug Beattie]

GlobalSign votes Yes.

 

 

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Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot 112 - Replace Definition of "Internal Server Name"
with "Internal Name"

 

Ballot 112 - Replace Definition of "Internal Server Name" with "Internal
Name"

 

The current definition of Internal Server Name is ambiguous.  It reads, "A
Server Name (which may or may not include an Unregistered Domain Name) that
is not resolvable using the public DNS."  

"Internal Server Name" is used four times in the Baseline
Requirements--three times in Section 9.2.1 (Subject Alternative Name
Extension) and once in Section 11.1.4 (New gTLD Domains).  Those provisions
set forth the program by which the CA/B Forum will sunset the issuance of
Certificates with Internal Server Names, so it is of high importance that
the terminology be clear.

 

Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, and Chema López of Firma
Profesional, Kirk Hall of Trend Micro, and Ryan Sleevi of Google have
endorsed it.

 

Motion Begins

 

1. REPLACE the Definition of "Internal Server Name" in the Baseline
Requirements by DELETING the current definition and INSERTING the following:

 

Internal Name:  A string of characters (not an IP address) in a Common Name
or Subject Alternative Name field of a Certificate that cannot be verified
as globally unique within the public DNS at the time of certificate issuance
because it does not end with a Top Level Domain registered in IANA’s Root
Zone Database.

 

2.  REPLACE "Internal Server Name" with "Internal Name" elsewhere throughout
the Baseline Requirements, including in the table of Relevant Compliance
Dates, Section 9.2.1, and Section 11.1.4.

  

Motion Ends

 

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 20
March 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 27 March 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the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will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, 3 April
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 greater than 50% of the votes cast by
members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, at least six members
must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against,
or abstaining.

 

 

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