[Servercert-wg] Voting Begins: Ballot SC19 version 7: Alternative registration numbers for EV certificates
Tomas Gustavsson
tomas.gustavsson at primekey.com
Tue May 14 07:36:23 MST 2019
Hi,
I know I can not vote, but the Subject Says "Ballot SC19 v7" and the
message says "Ballot SC17".
Ballot SC19 is "Phone Contact with DNS CAA Phone Contact v2".
I think there may be an error in the email subject lines?
Regards,
Tomas
On 2019-05-14 16:21, Juan Ángel Martín via Servercert-wg wrote:
> Camerfirma votes YES on SC19 v2
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Juan Ángel
>
>
>
> *De:* Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces at cabforum.org> *En nombre de
> *Tim Hollebeek via Servercert-wg
> *Enviado el:* lunes, 13 de mayo de 2019 22:15
> *Para:* CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List
> <servercert-wg at cabforum.org>
> *Asunto:* [Servercert-wg] Voting Begins: Ballot SC19 version 7:
> Alternative registration numbers for EV certificates
>
>
>
>
>
> Ballot SC17: Alternative registration numbers for EU certificates
>
>
>
> Purpose of Ballot: Allow for the inclusion of additional information in
>
> certificates in order to comply with relevant EU regulations.
>
>
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and
> endorsed
>
> by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of Harica and Enrico Entshew of D-Trust.
>
>
>
> Motivation:
>
>
>
> Update to CAB Forum EV Guidelines to cater for alternative registration
> numbers
>
> caused by EU Legal Requirements:
>
>
>
> i. The EU Regulation No 910/2014 (eIDAS
> [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/910/oj])
>
> defines regulatory requirements for certificates with an agreed
> quality level
>
> called Qualified. This regulation specifies in Annex IV specific
> requirements
>
> for “Qualified certificates for website authentication” including the
>
> statement that the certificate shall contain: “for a legal person:
> the name
>
> and, where applicable, registration number as stated in the official
> records,”
>
>
>
> ii. It is understood that this requirement relates to validated
> attributes for
>
> the identification of the certificate subject and hence is best
> fitted in the
>
> subject’s distinguished name.
>
>
>
> iii. In line with the regulatory framework ETSI has defined a general
> structure
>
> for carrying “registration numbers” in TS 119 412-1
>
> [https://www.etsi.org/standards-search#page=1&search=TS119412-1]
> clause 5.1.4.
>
> This uses the X.520
> [https://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=T-REC-X.520-201210-S!!PDF-E&type=items]
>
>
> organizationIdentifier within the subject’s distinguished name in
> line with its
>
> stated purpose being “holds an identification of an organization
> different
>
> from the organization name”. This is used for ETSI requirements to carry
>
> registration numbers for certificates, Qualified or otherwise.
>
>
>
> iv. It is considered that this use of organizationIdentifier supports
> the primary
>
> purpose of EV certificates as stated in section 2.1.1 of the EV
> Guidelines as
>
> “other disambiguating information”.
>
>
>
> v. A recent EU delegated Regulation 2018/389 on secure communications
> for payment
>
> services (RTS
> [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0389])
>
> states in Article 34.2 that for Qualified Website certificates
> (QWACs) the
>
> registration number required in eIDAS “shall be the authorisation
> number of the
>
> payment service provider … or equivalent [reference made to earlier
> regulations
>
> relating to banks]”.
>
>
>
> vi. ETSI has specified TS 119 495
>
> [https://www.etsi.org/standards-search#page=1&search=TS119495]
> requirements for
>
> carrying PSD2 related registration numbers in the general structure for
>
> registration numbers defined in TS 119 412-1 clause 5.1.4 as
> mentioned in
>
> iii. above.
>
>
>
> vii. ETSI has endeavoured to ensure and always intended that
> requirements relating
>
> to web site certificates at the Qualified level are in line with the
> CA/B Forum
>
> EV Guidelines.
>
>
>
> viii. This proposal only includes some of the Registration Schemes as
> used in
>
> ETSI TS 119 412-1, which have clear validation rules (NTR, VAT, PSD)
> that provide
>
> reasonable assurance in line with the EV Guidelines. The IPR for the
> semantics
>
> of this scheme is proposed to be released to the CA/B Forum allowing
> it to
>
> further extend the use of organizationIdentifier to include other
> Registration
>
> Schemes (e.g. LEI) and corresponding validation rules, at the CA/B
> Forum’s
>
> discretion. Also, any further changes by ETSI to ETSI TS 119 412-1
> will not
>
> impact the CA/B Forum.
>
>
>
> ix. Having found out that CA/B Forum’s interpretation of EV Requirements
> in section
>
> 9.2.8 “Other Attributes” was not in line with those understood by
> ETSI experts,
>
> ETSI would like to harmonise with CA/B Forum approach to carrying
> alternative
>
> forms of registration number for PSD2 and other registration schemes.
>
>
>
> b) CA/B Forum specific concerns are:
>
>
>
> i. Requirements regarding Attributes to be included in the Subject DN
> need to be
>
> explicitly covered in 9.2.
>
>
>
> ii. Organisations may wish to identify OrganisationalUnits within their
> organisation.
>
> It is unclear if this is currently allowed in the EV Guidelines (similar
>
> ambiguity in section 9.2.8).
>
>
>
> iii. There are objections to ETSI specific usage of the orgID field (no
> squatting).
>
>
>
> iv. The procedures for validation of the attribute need to be clearly
> stated.
>
>
>
> v. There may be other uses of the organizationIdentifier field in
> various PKIs,
>
> however it is not considered to be a problem. Because of the unique
> semantics we
>
> are specifying for each identifier, applications should be able to
> understand
>
> different uses of the OrgID field by different issuers and users.
> There are many
>
> different "PKIs" out there that can use all X.500 attributes
> differently and with
>
> different validation or no validation at all. To the best of our
> knowledge, the
>
> WebPKI has never used this subjectDN attribute before for
> Publicly-Trusted
>
> Certificates. Thus there is no "conflict" by using this attribute in
> the EV
>
> Guidelines for SSL/TLS Certificates, and perhaps later for EV Code
> Signing
>
> Certificates.
>
>
>
> vi. This use of organisationIdentifier must be extendable to allow for
> use by other
>
> registration numbers allocated by different registration schemes.
> Some CAB Forum
>
> members have indicated interest in carrying registration numbers
> other than for
>
> Incorporation within EV Certificates. This is catered for in the
> current proposal.
>
>
>
> vii. There is interest by some CA/B Forum members in carrying LEIs
> within CA/B Forum
>
> certificates but as yet the LEI registration scheme is not currently
> considered
>
> sufficiently robust to be recognised as an registration numbering
> scheme to be
>
> accepted by CA/B Forum. Therefore this proposal only introduces a
> limited set of
>
> Registration Schemes (namely NTR, VAT, PSD) which have reasonably robust
>
> validation rules.
>
>
>
> viii. Some CA/B Forum members have indicated the possible need for multiple
>
> identifiers in the subject name. This, however, cannot be achieved
> using X.520
>
> organizationIdentifier which defined this attribute as being “SINGLE
> VALUE”. The
>
> use of a single value has the advantage is it is clear what is the
> registration,
>
> in addition to the company registration, which identifies the subject.
>
>
>
> ---MOTION BEGINS---
>
>
>
> Purpose of Ballot: Update to CAB Forum EV Guidelines to allow alternative
>
> registration numbers
>
>
>
> Proposed Ballot for Changes to EVG 1.6.9
>
>
>
> Add to section 4 definitions:
>
>
>
> "Legal Entity: A Private Organization, Government Entity, Business
> Entity, or
>
> Non-Commercial Entity.
>
>
>
> Registration Reference: A unique identifier assigned to a Legal Entity.
>
>
>
> Registration Scheme: A scheme for assigning a Registration Reference
> meeting the
>
> requirements identified in Appendix H."
>
>
>
> Retitle Section 9.2 as "Subject Distinguished Name Fields".
>
>
>
> Remove Section 9.2.2 and renumber sections 9.2.3 through 9.2.8 to 9.2.2
> through 9.2.7.
>
>
>
> Insert new section 9.2.8:
>
>
>
> "9.2.8. Subject Organization Identifier Field
>
>
>
> **Certificate field**: organizationIdentifier (OID: 2.5.4.97)
>
>
>
> **Required/Optional**: Optional
>
>
>
> **Contents**: If present, this field MUST contain a Registration
> Reference for a
>
> Legal Entity assigned in accordance to the identified Registration
> Scheme.
>
>
>
> The organizationIdentifier MUST be encoded as a PrintableString or
> UTF8String
>
> (see RFC 5280).
>
>
>
> The Registration Scheme MUST be identified using the following structure
>
> in the presented order:
>
>
>
> * 3 character Registration Scheme identifier;
>
> * 2 character ISO 3166 country code for the nation in which the
> Registration Scheme
>
> is operated, or if the scheme is operated globally ISO 3166 code "XG"
> shall be used;
>
> * For the NTR Registration Scheme identifier, if required under Section
> 9.2.4, a two
>
> character ISO 3166-2 identifier for the subdivision (state or
> province) of the nation
>
> in which the Registration Scheme is operated, preceded by plus "+"
> (0x2B (ASCII), U+002B (UTF-8));
>
> * a hyphen-minus "-" (0x2D (ASCII), U+002D (UTF-8));
>
> * Registration Reference allocated in accordance with the identified
> Registration Scheme
>
>
>
> Note: Registration References MAY contain hyphens, but Registration
> Schemes, ISO 3166
>
> country codes, and ISO 3166-2 identifiers do not. Therefore if more
> than one hyphen
>
> appears in the structure, the leftmost hyphen is a separator, and the
> remaining hyphens
>
> are part of the Registration Reference.
>
>
>
> As in section 9.2.4, the specified location information MUST match the
> scope of the
>
> registration being referenced.
>
>
>
> Examples:
>
>
>
> * NTRGB-12345678 (NTR scheme, Great Britain, Unique Identifier at
> Country level is 12345678)
>
> * NTRUS+CA-12345678 (NTR Scheme, United States - California, Unique
> identifier at State level is 12345678)
>
> * VATDE-123456789 (VAT Scheme, Germany, Unique Identifier at Country
> Level is 12345678)
>
> * PSDBE-NBB-1234.567.890 (PSD Scheme, Belgium, NCA's identifier is NBB,
> Subject Unique Identifier assigned by the NCA is 1234.567.890)
>
>
>
> Registration Schemes listed in Appendix H are currently recognized as
> valid under
>
> these guidelines.
>
>
>
> The CA SHALL:
>
>
>
> 1. confirm that the organization represented by the Registration
> Reference is the
>
> same as the organization named in the organizationName field as
> specified in
>
> Section 9.2.1 within the context of the subject’s jurisdiction as
> specified in
>
> Section 9.2.4;
>
> 2. further verify the Registration Reference matches other information
> verified
>
> in accordance with section 11;
>
> 3. take appropriate measures to disambiguate between different
> organizations as
>
> described in Appendix H for each Registration Scheme;
>
> 4. Apply the validation rules relevant to the Registration Scheme as
> specified
>
> in Appendix H."
>
>
>
> Insert new section 9.8 (renumbering following sections as necessary):
>
>
>
> "9.8. Certificate Extensions
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The extensions listed in the Section 9.8 are recommended for maximum
> interoperability
>
> between certificates and browsers / applications, but are not mandatory
> on the CAs
>
> except where indicated as “Required”. CAs may use other extensions that
> are not
>
> listed in this Section 9.8, but are encouraged to add them to this
> section by ballot
>
> from time to time to help increase extension standardization across the
> industry.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If a CA includes an extension in a certificate that has a Certificate
> field which is
>
> named in this Section 9.8, the CA must follow the format specified in
> that subjection.
>
> However, no extension or extension format shall be mandatory on a CA unless
>
> specifically stated as “Required” in the subsection that describes the
> extension.
>
>
>
> 9.8.1. Subject Alternative Name Extension
>
>
>
> **Certificate field:** _subjectAltName:dNSName_
>
>
>
> **Required/Optional:** Required
>
>
>
> **Contents:** This extension MUST contain one or more host Domain
> Name(s) owned or controlled
>
> by the Subject and to be associated with the Subject's server. Such
> server MAY be owned and
>
> operated by the Subject or another entity (e.g., a hosting service).
> Wildcard certificates
>
> are not allowed for EV Certificates.
>
>
>
> 9.8.2. CA/Browser Forum Organization Identifier Field
>
>
>
> **Extension Name**: _cabfOrganizationIdentifier_ (OID: 2.23.140.3.1)
>
>
>
> **Verbose OID**: {joint-iso-itu-t(2) international-organizations(23)
> ca-browser-forum(140)
>
> certificate-extensions(3) cabf-organization-identifier(1) }
>
>
>
> **Required/Optional**: Optional (but see below)
>
>
>
> **Contents**: If the subject:organizationIdentifier is present, this
> field SHOULD be present.
>
> Effective January 31, 2020, if the subject:organizationIdentifier field
> is present,
>
> this field MUST be present.
>
>
>
> If present, this field MUST contain a Registration Reference for a
>
> Legal Entity assigned in accordance to the identified Registration Scheme.
>
>
>
> The Registration Scheme MUST be encoded as described by the following
> ASN.1 grammar:
>
>
>
> id-CABFOrganizationIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
> joint-iso-itu-t(2) international-organizations(23) ca-browser-forum(140)
> certificate-extensions(3) cabf-organization-identifier(1) }
>
>
>
> ext-CABFOrganizationIdentifier EXTENSION ::= { SYNTAX
> CABFOrganizationIdentifier IDENTIFIED BY id-CABFOrganizationIdentifier }
>
>
>
> CABFOrganizationIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
>
> registrationSchemeIdentifier PrintableString (SIZE(3)),
>
> registrationCountry PrintableString (SIZE(2)),
>
> registrationStateOrProvince [0] IMPLICIT PrintableString
> OPTIONAL (SIZE(0..128)),
>
> registrationReference UTF8String
>
> }
>
>
>
> where the subfields and have the same meanings and restrictions
> described in Section 9.2.8.
>
> The CA SHALL validate the contents using the requirements in Section 9.2.8."
>
>
>
> Add new Appendix H - Registration Schemes
>
>
>
> "The following Registration Schemes are currently recognised as valid
> under these
>
> guidelines:
>
>
>
> **NTR**: The information carried in this field shall be the same as held
> in Subject
>
> Registration Number Field as specified in 9.2.5 and the country code
> used in
>
> the Registration Scheme identifier shall match that of the subject’s
> jurisdiction
>
> as specified in Section 9.2.4.
>
>
>
> Where the Subject Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration Field
> in 9.2.4
>
>
>
> includes more than the country code, the additional locality
> information shall
>
>
>
> be included as specified in sections 9.2.8 and/or 9.8.1.
>
>
>
> **VAT**: Reference allocated by the national tax authorities to a Legal
> Entity. This
>
> information shall be validated using information provided by the
> national tax
>
> authority against the organisation as identified by the Subject
> Organization
>
> Name Field (see 9.2.1) and Subject Registration Number Field (see
> 9.2.5) within
>
> the context of the subject’s jurisdiction as specified in Section 9.2.4.
>
>
>
> **PSD**: Authorization number as specified in ETSI TS 119 495 clause 4.4
> allocated to a
>
> payment service provider and containing the information as specified in
>
> ETSI TS 119 495 clause 5.2.1. This information SHALL be obtained
> directly from the
>
> national competent authority register for payment services or from an
> information
>
> source approved by a government agency, regulatory body, or
> legislation for this
>
> purpose. This information SHALL be validated by being matched
> directly or indirectly
>
> (for example, by matching a globally unique registration number)
> against the
>
> organisation as identified by the Subject Organization Name Field
> (see 9.2.1) and
>
> Subject Registration Number Field (see 9.2.5) within the context of
> the subject’s
>
> jurisdiction as specified in Section 9.2.4. The stated address of
> the organisation
>
> combined with the organization name SHALL NOT be the only information
> used to
>
> disambiguate the organisation."
>
>
>
> ---MOTION ENDS---
>
>
>
> *** 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/cabforum/documents/compare/Ballot-SC17---Alternative-registration-numbers-for-EV-certificates?diff=unified&expand=1
>
>
>
> Changes since version 5:
>
>
>
> 1. Remove Registration Reference Provider.
>
> 2. Note that Registration References MAY contain hyphens, and clarify
> that the first hyphen is the separator.
>
> 3. Fix cross-references in Appendix H.
>
>
>
> A comparison of the changes since version 5:
>
>
>
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/28764a1..a29069d
>
>
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
>
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
>
>
> Start Time: May 6, 2019 4:00pm Eastern
>
>
>
> End Time: May 13, 2019 4:15pm Eastern
>
>
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
>
>
> Start Time: May 13, 2019 4:15pm Eastern
>
>
>
> End Time: May 20, 2019 4:15pm Eastern
>
>
>
>
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