[cabfpub] VOTING BEGINS: Ballot Forum-14 version 2: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

[Ben Wilson]

 Mozilla votes YES on Forum-14 version 2.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:57 AM Doug Beattie via Public <public at cabforum.org>
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> GlobalSign votes Yes to ballot Forum-14 v2.
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> *From:* Public <public-bounces at cabforum.org> *On Behalf Of *Tim Hollebeek
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> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 4:52 PM
> *To:* CABforum1 <public at cabforum.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL][cabfpub] VOTING BEGINS: Ballot Forum-14 version 2:
> Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group
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> The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed
> by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and Clint Wilson of Apple.
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> Ballot Forum-14: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group
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> Purpose of the Ballot
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> The CA/Browser Forum 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.
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> -- MOTION BEGINS –
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> Establish S/MIME Certificates Working Group
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> 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 Charter, with the Charter as
> described here (
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/6e0b8e61590164eb2d686ddcf266b189f46fc636...e6ad111f4477010cbff409cd939c5ac1c7c85ccc
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> — MOTION ENDS—
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> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> Discussion (7+ days)
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> Start Time: 2020-06-01 16:40:00 EDT
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> End Time: after 2020-06-08 16:40:00 EDT
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> Start Time: 2020-06-08 16:50:00 EDT
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> End Time: 2020-06-15 16:50:00 EDT
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