[cabfpub] Website revision regarding membership applications

[Dean Coclin]

Hearing no comments on this, we will proceed with this clarification.

 

Jos-can I ask you to please make this adjustment?

 

Thanks,
Dean

 

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The information on our website for potential members could use some
clarification (https://cabforum.org/information-for-potential-members/). I
would like to propose a revision to item 9 on this list, as this is
frequently an area of confusion:

Here are the points you should address in your application:

*	(1) written confirmation that you are a qualifying Certificate
Issuer or Root Certificate Issuer, as described above;
*	(2) organization name, as you wish it to appear on the Forum Web
site and in official Forum documents;
*	(3) URL of your main Web site;
*	(4) Names and email addresses of employees who will participate in
the Forum mail list (Full names and nicknames with surnames will be helpful
in future communications);
*	(5) Emergency contact information for security issues related to
certificate trust lists (Email addresses, at least one telephone number, and
full names and nicknames with surnames will be helpful in future
communications);
*	(6) the URL of your current qualifying performance audit report;
*	(7) the URL of at least one third party website that includes a
certificate issued by the Applicant in the certificate chain;
*	(8) links or references to issued certificates that demonstrate
compliance with all applicable certificate, CRL, and OCSP requirements; and
*	(9) a completed IPR Policy Agreement, found here -
<https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CAB-Forum-Agreement-for-IPR-Policy_
20FEB18.pdf> CAB Forum Agreement for IPR Policy v.1.3 - we will accept
either a scanned/digitized signature or a digital signature. Our IPR Policy
and the IPR Policy Agreement are also found here
<https://cabforum.org/ipr-policy/> .

 

We have had cases where we have received the IPR agreement signed by someone
in the company who questionably is not authorized to bind the organization
to such an agreement. I propose we modify #9 as follows:

*	(9) a completed IPR Policy Agreement, found here -
<https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CAB-Forum-Agreement-for-IPR-Policy_
20FEB18.pdf> CAB Forum Agreement for IPR Policy v.1.3 - signed by an officer
or someone in the organization who is authorized to bind the company to the
terms of the agreement. Normally this is someone from the legal department
or a corporate officer (i.e. President, Vice President, etc.) If it is
signed by someone who is not an officer, it must be accompanied by a letter
signed by an officer stating that the signatory is authorized to bind the
organization to the agreement. We will accept either a scanned/digitized
signature or a digital signature. Our IPR Policy and the IPR Policy
Agreement are also found here <https://cabforum.org/ipr-policy/> .

I'm open to better wording. Thoughts?  Any objections?

 

Dean

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