[Servercert-wg] Discussion Period Begins: Ballot SC16: Other Subject Attributes

[Wayne Thayer]

Purpose of Ballot:

This ballot intends to clarify requirements placed on Subject attributes in
Subscriber certificates in BR section 7.1.4.2 and EVGL section 9.2.8.
Specifically, Subject fields must contain more than just metadata if they
are present in a certificate. The OU field is permitted in EV certificates,
but no unspecified Subject attributes are permitted.


The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and
endorsed by Doug Beattie of GlobalSign and Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert.


-- MOTION BEGINS --

This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” as follows, based on Version
1.6.3:

Capitalize the heading of Baseline Requirements section 7.1.4 Name Forms

Add a second paragraph to Baseline Requirements section 7.1.4.2 as follows:

Subject attributes MUST NOT contain only metadata such as '.', '-', and ' '
(i.e. space) characters, and/or any other indication that the value is
absent, incomplete, or not applicable.

Replace Baseline Requirements section 7.1.4.2.2(j.), in its entirety, with
the following text:

j. Other Subject Attributes

Other attributes MAY be present within the subject field. If present, other
attributes MUST contain information that has been verified by the CA.

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This ballot modifies the “Guidelines For The Issuance And Management Of
Extended Validation Certificates” as follows, based on Version 1.6.8:

Replace EV Guidelines section 9.2.8, in its entirety, with the following
text:

9.2.8. Subject Organizational Unit Name Field

Certificate field: subject:organizationalUnitName (OID 2.5.4.11)

Required/Optional: Optional

Contents: The CA SHALL implement a process that prevents an OU attribute
from including a name, DBA, tradename, trademark, address, location, or
other text that refers to a specific natural person or Legal Entity unless
the CA has verified this information in accordance with Section 11. This
field MUST NOT contain only metadata such as '.', '-', and ' ' (i.e. space)
characters, and/or any other indication that the value is absent,
incomplete, or not applicable.

Add EV Guidelines section 9.2.9, with the following text:

9.2.9. Other Subject Attributes

CAs SHALL NOT include any Subject attributes except as specified in Section
9.2.


-- MOTION ENDS --

This ballot proposes a set of Final Maintenance Guidelines.


*** WARNING ***: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  THE REDLINE BELOW IS NOT THE
OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE CHANGES (CABF Bylaws, Section 2.4(a)):

A comparison of the changes can be found at:
https://github.com/wthayer/documents/compare/master...wthayer:EV-Subject-Information

The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

Discussion (7+ days)

Start Time: March 1, 2019 17:00 UTC

End Time: After March 8, 2019 17:00 UTC

Vote for approval (7 days)

Start Time: TBD

End Time: TBD
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