[cabfpub] Voting has started for Ballot 149

Mon Jul 6 09:20:35 UTC 2015

Opera votes Yes.

On 03-Jul-15 20:44, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com wrote:
> Trend Micro votes yes.
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> *From:*public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Kirk Hall (RD-US)
> *Sent:* Friday, July 03, 2015 9:11 AM
> *To:* Sigbjørn Vik; public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* [cabfpub] Final editorial revision to Ballot 149 - voting
> begins UTC 18:00 today
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> Good idea, Siggy.  Because this is editorial only, I'm changing the
> FINAL ballot to reflect these changes (only requiring audits and
> websites using the CA's certificates from CA applicants).
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> 
> So the FINAL ballot (July 3, 2015) reads as below, and attached.  VOTING
> BEGINS AT 18:00 UTC TODAY (two hours from now).
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> Kirk Hall of Trend Micro made the following motion and Jody Cloutier of
> Microsoft, Wayne Thayer of GoDaddy, and Dean Coclin of Symantec endorsed it:
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> *Ballot 149:  Revisions to Forum Membership Bylaw 2.1 (July 3, 2015)*
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> *2.1  QualifyingforForumMembership*
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> (a)CA/BrowserForummembersshallmeetatleastoneofthefollowingcriteria.
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> (1)_IssuingCA:_Thememberorganizationoperatesacertificationauthoritythathasa
> currentandsuccessfulWebTrustforCAs audit,orETSI102042orETSI101456
> auditreport,preparedbyaproperly-qualifiedauditor,andthatactivelyissues
> certificatestoWebserversthatareopenlyaccessiblefromtheInternetusing/any
> oneofthemainstreambrowsers/ *_a browser created by a Browser member_*. 
> *_Applicants that are not actively issuing certificates but otherwise
> meet membership criteria may be granted Associate Member status under
> Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a period of time to be designated by the Forum.  _*
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> (2)_RootCA:_Thememberorganizationoperatesacertificationauthoritythathasa
> currentandsuccessfulWebTrustforCAs audit,orETSI102042orETSI101456 audit
> report_,_preparedbyaproperly-qualifiedauditor,andthatactivelyissuescertificatesto
> subordinateCAsthat,inturn,activelyissuecertificatestoWebserversthatare
> openly accessiblefromtheInternetusing/any oneofthemainstreambrowsers/
> *_a browser created by a Browser member_*.  *_Applicants that are not
> actively issuing certificates but otherwise meet membership criteria may
> be granted Associate Member status under Bylaw Sec. 3.1 for a period of
> time to be designated by the Forum. _*
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> (3)_Browser:_Thememberorganizationproducesasoftwareproductintendedforuseby
> thegeneralpublicforbrowsingtheWebsecurely.
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> (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
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> (1) Confirmation that the applicant satisfies at least one of the
> membership criteria (and if it satisfies more than one, indication of
> the single category under which the applicant wishes to apply).
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> (/2) URL of the current qualifying performance audit report./
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> (/3/) ( *_2_*) The organization name, as you wish it to appear on the
> Forum Web site and in official Forum documents.
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> (/4/) (*_3_*) URL of the applicant's main Web site.
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> (/5/) (*_4_*) Names and email addresses of employees who will
> participate in the Forum mail list.
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> (/6/) (*_5_*) Emergency contact information for security issues related
> to certificate trust.
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> /(7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate
> compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP requirements./
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> *_CA Applicants should supply the following additional information:_*
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> *_ _*
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> *_(6) URL of the current qualifying performance audit report._*
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> *(_7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate
> compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP requirements._*
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> *_ _*
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> (c)AnApplicantshallbecomeaMemberoncetheForumhasdeterminedby/vote/*_consensus
> among the Members during a teleconference or meeting_* thatthe
> Applicantmeetsalloftherequirementsofsubsection(a) *_or, upon the request
> of any Member, by a Ballot among the Members_*./Avote of/*_Acceptance by
> consensus shall be determined or a Ballot ofthe_*Membersshallbe
> heldassoonastheApplicantindicatesthatithaspresentedallinformationrequired undersubsection(b)andhasrespondedtoallfollow-upquestionsfromtheForumand
> theMemberhascompliedwiththerequirementsofSection5.5.
> 
> -- Motion Ends --
> 
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 18:00 UTC on June
> 26, 2015, and will close at 18:00 UTC on July 3, 2015. Unless the motion
> is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start
> immediately thereafter and will close at 18:00 UTC on July 10, 2015.
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
> 
> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the
> response. A vote against 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 greater than 50% of the votes
> cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, at least
> seven members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor,
> voting against, or abstaining.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org]
> On Behalf Of Sigbjørn Vik
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 2:31 AM
> To: public at cabforum.org
> Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Voting on Ballot 149 begins tomorrow
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> On 02-Jul-15 20:19, kirk_hall at trendmicro.com
> <mailto:kirk_hall at trendmicro.com> wrote:
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> [...]
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>> (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
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> [...]
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>> *(_7) Links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate
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>> compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP
> 
>> requirements._*
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> This doesn't make any sense for browser applicants. Neither does the
> existing part (2), but with this addition this section becomes wronger.
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> How about a rewording to the following:
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> (b) Applicants should supply the following information:
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> (1)
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> (3)
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> (4)
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> (5)
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> (6)
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> CA applicants should additionally supply the following:
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> (2)
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> (7)
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> (Then renumber as necessary)
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> --
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> Sigbjørn Vik
> 
> Opera Software
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