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

Christopher Kemmerer chris at ssl.com
Wed Nov 17 15:08:02 UTC 2021


SSL.com votes YES on Ballot SC50.

On 11/11/2021 12:46 PM, Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via 
Servercert-wg wrote:
> HARICA votes "yes" to ballot SC50.
>
>
> On 11/11/2021 7:01 μ.μ., Clint Wilson via Servercert-wg 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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