[cabfpub] Possible BR amendment for limited exemption from RFC 5280 compliance

Ben Laurie benl at google.com
Fri Sep 12 18:04:16 UTC 2014


On 12 September 2014 19:02, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com <
kirk_hall at trendmicro.com> wrote:

>  Thank you Ben.
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> Do you believe “Option 1” for precerts complies with RFC 5280, or do we
> need to add an exemption to RFC 5280 compliance in the CA/Browser Forum
> Baseline Requirements.
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> This has created quite a dilemma for CAs, and we’d like some guidance or
> clarity.
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I certainly think its worth removing any shadow of doubt by adding an
exception to the BRs. Thanks for taking it on.


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> *From:* Ben Laurie [mailto:benl at google.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 12, 2014 10:58 AM
> *To:* Kirk Hall (RD-US)
> *Cc:* CABFPub (public at cabforum.org)
> *Subject:* Re: [cabfpub] Possible BR amendment for limited exemption from
> RFC 5280 compliance
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> On 12 September 2014 18:44, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com <
> kirk_hall at trendmicro.com> wrote:
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> CAs have been told that they must implement CT by January 1, 2015, and
> there is little time left to complete engineering if this deadline is to be
> met.  Also, the IETF group working on RFC 6962 (which is still
> “experimental” with “errata”) has not yet completed specifications around
> precerts.
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> I should observe the the working group is working on the _successor_ to
> RFC 6962. RFC 6962 itself is done - the error is minor, and essentially
> resloved here: http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6962.
> Everything you need to know about precerts for the January deadline is
> nailed down.
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