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

[Neil Dunbar]

TrustCor votes to abstain on Ballot Forum-11.

TrustCor does not oppose the establishment of a working group to examine 
the requirements for a solid S/MIME foundation, but the current 
discussions have indicated that there is no likelihood for consensus on 
the current path, despite the sterling efforts of the proposers and the 
forum in general. If the ballot is unsuccessful, we look forward to 
seeing and contributing to future efforts to achieve that consensus.

Regards,

Neil

On 24/01/2020 19:39, Tim Hollebeek via Public wrote:
>
> 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: TBD
>
> End Time: TBD
>
>
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