[cabfpub] Voting begins for Ballot 223 v2 - Update BR Section 8.4 for CA audit criteria

Wayne Thayer wthayer at mozilla.com
Fri May 11 11:16:32 MST 2018


Mozilla votes yes on ballot 223 v2.

On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 9:49 PM Dimitris Zacharopoulos via Public <
public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA
> and endorsed by Moudrick M. Dadashov of SSC and Tim Hollebeek from
> Digicert.
>
> *Background*:
>
> Section 8.4 of the Baseline Requirements describes the audit criteria for
> CAs that issue Publicly-Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates. This ballot attempts
> to achieve two things:
>
>    1. Remove the old ETSI TS documents
>    2.
>
>    Align the WebTrust and ETSI requirements
>
> "WebTrust for Certification Authorities" is equivalent to "ETSI EN 319
> 401" and "WebTrust Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities
> – SSL Baseline with Network Security" combined with "WebTrust for
> Certification Authorities" is equivalent to "ETSI EN 319 411-1".
>
> *-- MOTION BEGINS --*
>
> Replace the first two numbered items in section 8.4 from:
>
>    1.
>
>    WebTrust for Certification Authorities v2.0;
>    2. A national scheme that audits conformance to ETSI TS 102 042 / ETSI
>    EN 319 411-1; or
>
> to:
>
>    1.
>
>    "WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer" AND "WebTrust for CAs SSL Baseline
>    with Network Security v2.2 or newer"; or
>    2. ETSI EN 319 411-1, which includes normative references to ETSI EN
>    319 401 (the latest version of the referenced ETSI documents should be
>    applied); or
>
> *-- MOTION ENDS --*
>
> The procedure for this ballot is as follows (exact start and end times may
> be adjusted to comply with applicable Bylaws and IPR Agreement):
>
> *BALLOT 223 v2 Status: Update BR Section 8.4 for CA audit criteria*
>
> *Start time (22:00 UTC)*
>
> *End time (22:00 UTC)*
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
> 30 April 2018
>
> 7 May 2018
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> 8 May 2018
>
> 15 May 2018
>
> 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 If Exclusion Notice(s) filed, ballot approval is rescinded and PAG to be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.
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread on the
> Public Mail List.
>
> Upon filing of Review Notice by Chair
>
> 30 days after filing of Review Notice by Chair
>
> From the Bylaws section 2.4(a): "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 Section
> 2.4(j) below".
>
> 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 the Bylaws section 2.3(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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