[cabfpub] Does the CA/Browser Forum provide guidance on the Baseline Requirements?

Gervase Markham gerv at mozilla.org
Fri Mar 3 17:30:23 UTC 2017


On 25/02/17 02:54, Ryan Sleevi via Public wrote:
> I am deeply concerned and dismayed by such an answer, and expressed this
> to these members. I believe that this is a core role of the CA/Browser
> Forum: To ensure the Requirements are clear and unambiguous whenever
> possible, to provide guidance as to the intent and interpretation when
> necessary, and to strive to resolve any ambiguity in the documents
> themselves whenever possible.

I think we should resolve ambiguities within the documents; whether we
should provide guidance in the meantime is a separate question. The way
the Forum expresses its view is via ballots which change documents; we
don't really have a way of expressing a consensus opinion without doing
that.

Gerv


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