[cabfpub] Fwd: RE: RFC 3647 Compliance

Ryan Sleevi sleevi at google.com
Fri Apr 28 17:09:43 UTC 2017


For what it's worth, the proposal gives that - 6 months - since we know
there are some using 2527 :)

It phases in at 8 December, which was 6 months + 44 days (14 days voting +
30 day IP review) from when I drafted it :)

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Gervase Markham via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> Forwarding as requested.
>
> Gerv
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: RE: [cabfpub] RFC 3647 Compliance
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 04:26:35 +0000
> From: Man Ho <manho at certizen.com>
> To: public at cabforum.org <public at cabforum.org>
> CC: gerv at mozilla.org <gerv at mozilla.org>
>
> I can see that good points of deprecating the old RFC 2527. However, I
> can't tell whether most CAs would have nothing to do. At least I know
> there are CAs still using RFC 2527 format for some reasons. As members
> will continue discussing substances and expectations of this requirement
> for 6 months, I think a period of 6 months should be given to CAs making
> changes to their CP/CPS.
>
> [Hopefully someone could convey my comment to the forum because I'm not
> a member here. Thanks.]
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Markham via Public
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 4:30 PM
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> Cc: Gervase Markham <gerv at mozilla.org>
> Subject: Re: [cabfpub] RFC 3647 Compliance
>
> On 26/04/17 03:58, Jeremy Rowley via Public wrote:
> > I agree. It shows the CA didn't accidentally delete or omit something.
>
> And if we define the exact text to be used, there may be benefits for
> automated analysis.
>
> Having all CPs and CPSes in a standard format might also have benefits for
> e.g. automated extraction of CAA identifiers, cross-CA comparisons of
> validation methods, and that sort of thing.
>
> Gerv
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