[cabfpub] Ballot 168: Baseline Requirements Corrections (Revised)

Andrew R. Whalley awhalley at google.com
Wed May 4 17:51:09 UTC 2016


Google votes YES

(Noting the correct spelling of Sovereign and the corrected reference
to NIST SP 800-56A, Revision 2)

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Peter Bowen <pzb at amzn.com> wrote:

> Thank you to HARICA and Comodo for endorsing.  With that the review period
> is now open.  If anyone has comments or objections, please reply on list.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
> Ballot 168: Baseline Requirements Corrections (Revised)
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Peter Bowen of Amazon and
> endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Rich Smith of Comodo:
>
> Background:
>
> A number of small corrections and clarifications to the Baseline
> Requirements have been identified.  These are, in general, changes that
> reflect the existing understanding of the Baseline Requirements by the
> Forum.  Due to the understanding that these primarily represent existing
> practice, they are combined for efficiency.
>
> -- MOTION BEGINS --
>
> Effective the date of passage, the following modifications to the Baseline
> Requirements are adopted:
>
> In Section 1.6.1:
>  * In the definition of "Applicant Representative", replace "and agrees to
> the Certificate Terms of Use" with "the Terms of Use" and append "or is the
> CA" at the end of the definition;
>  * In the definition of "Country", replace "soverign nation" with
> "Soverign State";
>  * In the definition of "Terms of Use", append "or is the CA" at the end
> of the definition;
>
> In Section 1.6.3:
>  * Delete RFC2560;
>  * Insert "RFC6960, Request for Comments: 6960, X.509 Internet Public Key
> Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP. Santesson, Myers,
> Ankney, Malpani, Galperin, Adams, June 2013.";
>  * Delete X.509v3
>  * Insert "X.509, Recommendation ITU-T X.509 (10/2012) | ISO/IEC
> 9594-8:2014 (E), Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection –
> The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks."
>
> Move the content in section 3.3.1 to section 4.2.1 to become the third
> paragraph in 4.2.1 and leave section 3.3.1 blank.
>
> In section 4.9.9, replace all occurrences of "RFC2560" with "RFC6960".
>
> In section 5.2.2, insert "CA" immediately before "Private Key".
>
> In section 6.1.2, append "without authorization by the Subscriber" to the
> end of the first sentence.
>
> In section 6.1.6, update the last citation to read: "[Source: Sections
> 5.6.2.3.2 and 5.6.2.3.3, respectively, of NIST SP 56A: Revision 2]"
>
> In section 6.2, in the second sentence, insert "CA" immediately before
> both instances of "Private Key".
>
> In section 6.2.5, append "without authorization by the Subordinate CA" to
> the end of the sentence.
>
>
> In sections 7.1.2.1(e) and 7.1.2.2(h) change the organizationName line to
> read:
>   -  organizationName (OID 2.5.4.10): This field MUST be present and the
> contents MUST contain either the Subject CA’s name or DBA as verified under
> Section 3.2.2.2. The CA may include information in this field that differs
> slightly from the verified name, such as common variations or
> abbreviations, provided that the CA documents the difference and any
> abbreviations used are locally accepted abbreviations; e.g., if the
> official record shows “Company Name Incorporated”, the CA MAY use “Company
> Name Inc.” or “Company Name”.
>
> In section 7.1.2.3(d), replace the text with “The cA field MUST NOT be
> true."
>
> Replace "Subordiate" with "Subordinate" in the title of 7.1.6.3.
>
> In section 9.6.1 item 6:
>  * Insert "are the same entity or" immediately prior to "are Affiliated";
>  * Remove "and accepted".
>
> In section 9.6.3, replace "agreement to the Terms of Use agreement." with
> "acknowledgement of the Terms of Use."
>
> In section 9.6.3 item 2, replace "maintain sole control" with "assure
> control".
>
> In the following sections, replace all occurrences of "Subscriber or Terms
> of Use Agreement" with "Subscriber Agreement or Terms of Use".
>  * Section 1.6.1, in the definition of "Subscriber"
>  * Section 4.1.2
>  * Section 4.9.1.1
>  * Section 4.9.11
>  * Section 9.6.1
>  * Section 9.6.3
>
> -- MOTION ENDS --
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 1740 UTC on 26 April
> 2016, and will close at 2200 UTC on 3 May 2016. Unless the motion is
> withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start
> immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on 10 May 2016. Votes
> must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
>
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