[cabfpub] Ballot 146 - Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework

Fri Apr 10 22:20:18 UTC 2015

An updated version of the document - based on passage of Ballot 148 - is
available here:
https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-Baseline-Requiremen
ts-Ballot-146.pdf.    Since Ballot 148 resulted in version 1.2.5 of the BRs,
this ballot would be the next version, which I'm recommending we call
version 2.0.0, since it would be in RFC3647 format.

From: Dean Coclin [mailto:Dean_Coclin at symantec.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 2:25 PM
To: Ben Wilson; CABFPub
Subject: RE: [cabfpub] Ballot 146 - Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC
3647 Framework

Reminder:  we are in the voting period now, which ends next Thursday.

This ballot is just to change to the new framework. NOTHING ELSE IS BEING
CHANGED AT THIS TIME.

Dean

From: public-bounces at cabforum.org <mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org>
[mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Ben Wilson
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 4:47 PM
To: CABFPub
Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot 146 - Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647
Framework

Ballot 146 - Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework

The Certificate Policy Review Working Group was chartered by Ballot 128 to
(i) consider existing and proposed standards, (ii) create a list of
potential improvements based on the considered standards that improve the
existing CAB Forum work product, (iii) evaluate the transition to a 3647
format based on the amount [of work involved]. One deliverable of the CP
Review WG was to propose a ballot to improve CA infrastructure based on
existing standards and documents and recommend whether to finish the 3647
conversion presented by Jeremy Rowley in January 2014.

The CP Review WG has met and concluded that the best path forward for the
Forum is to complete a conversion to the RFC 3647 for the Baseline
Requirements with an initial step that merely moves existing content from
the Baseline Requirements into the RFC 3647 format.

Available at
https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CAB-Forum-BR-1.2.5-Ballot146-with-co
mments.pdf is the proposed RFC-3647-formatted Baseline Requirements for the
Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates.

Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, Tim Hollebeek from
Trustwave and Jody Cloutier from Microsoft have endorsed it.

Motion Begins

Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum adopts the attached CA/B Forum
Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted
Certificates, v.1.2.5, effective upon adoption.

Motion Ends

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday 2
April 2015 and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday 9 April 2015. Unless the
motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start
immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on 16 April 2015.

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: 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 nine (9) members- at
least nine members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in
favor, voting against, or by abstaining for the vote to be valid.

A copy of this Ballot 146 is posted here:

https://cabforum.org/2015/04/02/ballot-146-convert-baseline-requirements-to-
rfc-3647-framework/ 

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