[cabfpub] Voting Begins: Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

[Adriano Santoni]

Actalis vote 'yes'.

However, we recognize the merit of several remarks made by Apple and we 
support any improvement, whether the ballot passes or fails.


Il 05/02/2020 23:08, Tim Hollebeek via Public ha scritto:
>
> The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and 
> endorsed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and Adriano Santoni of Actalis.
>
> Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group
>
> Purpose of the Ballot
>
> The CA/Browser Forum recently underwent a two-year long governance 
> reform exercise, modifying the Bylaws to allow the creation of working 
> groups that covered topics other than server certificates.  While 
> originally motivated by the inability to maintain requirements for 
> code signing certificates, it was anticipated from the start that this 
> would also provide an opportunity to create other working groups that 
> could develop and maintain certificate profiles and requirements for 
> other kinds of certificates.  While a number of regional and technical 
> standards exist regarding the creation and issuance of S/MIME 
> certificates, there is no current global forum for certificate 
> authorities and those who consume or use S/MIME certificates to come 
> together and develop and maintain policies and standards for those 
> certificates.  This lack of standards has impeded the adoption and 
> interoperability of S/MIME certificate worldwide.  This ballot would 
> establish a working group chartered to develop and maintain such 
> standards for S/MIME certificates, including but not limited to two 
> important priorities: a uniform certificate profile for the issuance 
> of publicly-trusted S/MIME certificates, and validation requirements 
> for such certificates.
>
> -- MOTION BEGINS –
>
> Establish S/MIME Certificates Working Group
>
> Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with section 
> 5.3 of the Bylaws, the S/MIME Certificates Working Group (“SMWG”) is 
> created to perform the activities as specified in the attached Charter.
>
> — MOTION ENDS—
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
> Start Time: 2020-01-24  14:40:00 EDT
>
> End Time: after 2020-01-31 14:40:00 EDT
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> Start Time: 2020-02-05 17:10 EDT
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> End Time: 2020-02-12 17:10 EDT
>
>
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