[cabfpub] Ballot 198 - Onion Revisions v2

[Michael Markevich]

Opera votes YES.

On 24 April 2017 at 19:29, Jeremy Rowley via Public <public at cabforum.org>
wrote:

> Apparently May comes after April, not March.
>
> Ballot 198 – .Onion Revisions
>
> Appendix F of the EV Guidelines in unclear on what a CA does with the Tor
> Service Descriptor Hash extension. This ballot clarifies that inclusion of
> the extension in the TBSCertificate is required.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and
> endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Erwann Abalea of DocuSign France to
> introduce new Final Maintenance Guidelines for the "Guidelines for the
> Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates" (EV
> Guidelines).
>
> -- MOTION BEGINS –
>
> Revise Appendix F, Section 1 to read as follows:
>
> *Appendix F – Issuance of Certificates for .onion Domain Names*
>
> A CA may issue an EV Certificate containing the .onion Domain Name
> provided that issuance complies with the requirements set forth in this
> Appendix:
>
>    1. CAB Forum Tor Service Descriptor Hash extension (2.23.140.1.31)
>
> The CAB Forum extension in of the TBSCertificate to convey hashes of keys
> related to .onion addresses.  The CA MUST include the Tor Service
> Descriptor Hash extension using the following format:
>
> cabf-TorServiceDescriptorHash OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 2.23.140.1.31 }
>
> TorServiceDescriptorHash:: = SEQUENCE {
>
> algorithm                        AlgorithmIdentifier
>
> subjectPublicKeyHash   BIT STRING              }
>
> Where the AlgorithmIdentifier is a hashing algorithm (defined in RFC 6234)
> performed over the raw Public Key of the .onion service and
> SubjectPublicKeyHash is the value of the hash output of the raw Public Key.
>
> --Motion Ends--
>
> The procedure for approval of this Final Maintenance Guideline ballot is
> as follows (exact start and end times may be adjusted to comply with
> applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement):
>
> BALLOT 198 Status: Final Maintenance Guideline
>
> Start time (22:00 UTC)
>
> End time (22:00 UTC)
>
> Discussion (7 to 14 days)
>
> April 24, 2017
>
> May, 2017
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> May 1, 2017
>
> May 8, 2017
>
> If vote approves ballot: Review Period (Chair to send Review Notice) (30
> days). If Exclusion Notice(s) filed, ballot approval is rescinded and PAG
> to be created. If no Exclusion Notices filed, ballot becomes effective at
> end of Review Period.
>
> Upon filing of Review Notice by Chair
>
> 30 days after filing of Review Notice by Chair
>
> From Bylaw 2.3: If the Draft Guideline Ballot is proposing a Final
> Maintenance Guideline, such ballot will include a redline or comparison
> showing the set of changes from the Final Guideline section(s) intended to
> become a Final Maintenance Guideline, and need not include a copy of the
> full set of guidelines. Such redline or comparison shall be made against
> the Final Guideline section(s) as they exist at the time a ballot is
> proposed, and need not take into consideration other ballots that may be
> proposed subsequently, except as provided in Bylaw Section 2.3(j).
>
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the
> Public list. 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. Quorum is shown on
> CA/Browser Forum wiki. Under Bylaw 2.2(g), at least the required quorum
> number must participate in the ballot for the ballot to be valid, either by
> voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.
>
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-- 
Michael Markevich
Head of Security and Privacy
Opera Software
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