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

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SSL.com votes YES to ballot Forum-14v2

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On 6/15/2020 7:25 PM, Neil Dunbar via Public wrote:
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> TrustCor votes YES to ballot Forum-14v2
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> Thanks,
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> Neil
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> On 08/06/2020 21:51, Tim Hollebeek via Public wrote:
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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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