[cabfpub] Preballot for IPv6 Support

Rob Stradling rob.stradling at comodo.com
Fri Feb 20 02:37:04 MST 2015


On 19/02/15 16:54, Wayne Thayer wrote:
<snip>
> Like other CAs, we also don't see any demand for it today, but I agree that this is a collective action problem and CAs need to remove certificate validation from the list of problems that are blocking other parties from moving to IPv6. GoDaddy supports this ballot and I would be happy to endorse.

+1

Ryan, I would also be happy to endorse this ballot on behalf of Comodo.

> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Sleevi
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:01 PM
> To: CABFPub
> Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Preballot for IPv6 Support
>
> In advance of tomorrow's call, I'd like to bring forward this pre-ballot again
>
> ---MOTION BEGINS---
>
> Update Section 13.2.1 of the Baseline Requirements as follows:
>
> From:
> "The CA SHALL make revocation information for Subordinate Certificates and Subscriber Certificates available in accordance with Appendix B."
>
> To:
>
> "The CA SHALL make revocation information for Subordinate Certificates and Subscriber Certificates available in accordance with Appendix B.
>
> Effective March 1, 2016, the CA SHALL make this information available via both IPv4 and IPv6. For each DNS host included in accordance with Appendix B, lookups to the authoritative resolver MUST return valid A records if A records are requested and valid AAAA records if AAAA records are requested."
>
> Update Appendix B, Section 2(b) of the Baseline Requirements as follows:
>
> From:
> "This extension MUST be present and MUST NOT be marked critical. It MUST contain the HTTP URL of the CA’s CRL service."
>
> To:
> "This extension MUST be present and MUST NOT be marked critical. It MUST contain the HTTP URL of the CA’s CRL service. See Section 13.2.1 for details."
>
> ---MOTION ENDS---
>
> The key changes from the previous pre-ballot are the wording changes suggested by Brian Smith, and attaching a concrete date - 1 year from now.
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