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

[Moudrick M. Dadashov]

SSC votes: "Yes".

Thanks,
M.D.

On 4/2/2015 11:47 PM, Ben Wilson wrote:
>
> 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-comments.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 Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the 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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