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

[Ben Wilson]

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 and the Network and Certificate System Security
Requirements into the RFC 3647 format. 

Attached is an RFC-3647-formatted Certificate Policy for Baseline
Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted
Certificates. Comments embedded in the document contain either the source of
the text (for content copied from the Baseline Requirements) or the current
text (for provisions incorporated by reference from the Network and
Certificate System Security Requirements ("NetSec"). It was decided that it
was better to incorporate the NetSec requirements by reference rather than
copying and pasting them in. In some limited instances the phrase "these
Requirements" has been replaced with "this CP." However, "these
Requirements" is mostly left in to preserve consistency with the current
Baseline Requirements. 

Ben Wilson of DigiCert made the following motion, from and from have
endorsed it. 

Motion Begins 

Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum adopts the attached CA/B Forum
Certificate Policy v.1.2.5, effective immediately. 

Motion Ends 

The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on March 2015
and will close at 2200 UTC on March 2015. Unless the motion is withdrawn
during the review period, the voting period will start immediately
thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on March 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/>
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. 

 

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