[Servercert-wg] Voting Period begins for Ballot SC50: Remove the requirements of 4.1.1

[Aaron Gable]

ISRG / Let's Encrypt votes Yes on SC50.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 9:01 AM Clint Wilson via Servercert-wg <
servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:

> This email begins the Voting period for Ballot SC50: Remove the
> requirements of 4.1.1
>
> BALLOT SC50: Remove the requirements of 4.1.1
>
> PURPOSE OF BALLOT
>
> When attempting to reduce the retention period required for audit logs and
> data archives, the NetSec Subcommittee also identified gaps in which data a
> CA is required to retain which make it somewhat difficult to make the
> desired adjustments to retention period. Specifically, a CA is currently
> required to retain, but not use, data as defined in 4.1.1 of the BRs.
> While reviewing the intent, purpose, and real-world usage around section
> 4.1.1, it became apparent that there’s little value in requiring CAs to
> maintain a database for which there is no prescribed purpose or required
> action. This ballot seeks to address this gap by replacing section 4.1.1
> with "No stipulation." as is appropriate based on current expectations here.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Clint Wilson of Apple and
> endorsed by Trevoli Ponds-White of Amazon and Dustin Hollenback of
> Microsoft.
>
> -----Motion Begins-----
>
> This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
> Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” as defined in the following
> redline, based on Version 1.8.0:
>
>
> https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cda0f92ee70121fd5d692685b97ebb6669c74fb7..8b2681c3f93bbc9fbe83ab9d67999629db630e94
>
> -----Motion Ends-----
>
> This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for
> approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
> Start Time: October 28 16:00 UTC
> End Time: November 4 16:00 UTC
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> Start Time: November 11 17:00 UTC
> End Time: November 18 17:00 UTC
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