[cabfpub] Ballot 198 - Onion Revisions v2

Dimitris Zacharopoulos jimmy at it.auth.gr
Thu May 4 14:20:32 UTC 2017


HARICA votes "yes" to ballot 198.

Dimitris.

On 24/4/2017 8:29 μμ, Jeremy Rowley via Public wrote:
>
> Apparently May comes after April, not March.
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> 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 –
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> 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
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> Start time (22:00 UTC)
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> End time (22:00 UTC)
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> Discussion (7 to 14 days)
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> April 24, 2017
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> May, 2017
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> May 1, 2017
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> May 8, 2017
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> 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.
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> Upon filing of Review Notice by Chair
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> 30 days after filing of Review Notice by Chair
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> 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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