[Servercert-wg] [EXTERNAL]- Voting Period Begins - Ballot SC-062 V2: Certificate Profiles Update

Mon Mar 13 16:20:35 UTC 2023

OISTE votes yes to SC-062 V2

> On 9 Mar 2023, at 20:00, Ryan Dickson via Servercert-wg <servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:
> 
> Purpose of Ballot SC-062 V2
> 
> Over the past three years, members of the Server Certificate Working Group Validation Subcommittee have collaborated on an update to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates focused on improving the clarity of Section 7 (“Certificate, CRL, and OCSP Profiles”). 
> 
> The update: 
> better aligns certificate content expectations across certificate issuers and consumers, 
> reduces the opportunity for confusion resulting from the absence of a more precise certificate profile specification, and 
> promotes more consistent and reliable implementations across the ecosystem.
> 
> While most of the proposed updates focus on Section 7, changes were not limited to only this section. 
> 
> Technical discussion related to the proposed changes, along with high-level change summaries have been documented in:
> open GitHub pull requests (originally here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sleevi_cabforum-2Ddocs_pull_36&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=pVeFbXqAUbzQshM4x4jBOolr4FZsPZd6yym4YiOiFEM&e=>, and more recently here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_pull_373&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=tSJFXxWa9nzqZWFX33BZsB3G18ewKGsOqG8PwM5G5oI&e=>),
> several closed GitHub pull requests made against the “profiles <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_tree_profiles&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=zZQI9pCKUYcbjFCe8a3kYTGt6i8eUMCYapB99KUhChY&e=>” branch of the servercert GitHub repository (most recently here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_pull_418&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=Ea3xHpTZR3Ztm2zUv2_jkl-DcaRHzX_JKHmeU6VEWPQ&e=>), and
> Validation Subcommittee meeting minutes (to include sessions held at Face-to-Face meetings). 
> 
> Due to a small number of changes proposed in the ballot that is otherwise focused on clarifying existing requirements, an “all-encompassing” effective date makes these changes normative beginning 2023-09-15.
> 
> The following motion has been proposed by Ryan Dickson of Google and endorsed by Clint Wilson of Apple and Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA.
> 
> 
> — Motion Begins —
> 
> This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.8.6.
> 
> Notes: 
> Upon beginning discussion for SC-62 V2 on 2/17, Version 1.8.6 was the latest approved version of the BRs. During the discussion period, the SC-61 V4 vote was approved <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.cabforum.org_pipermail_servercert-2Dwg_2023-2DFebruary_003600.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=TIb0V7x1ySFmxGnga6z_LLtrhMRLvJWGK-HTJI6KlFA&e=>, incrementing the soon to be latest version of the BRs to 1.8.7.  These changes are in the process of being merged into the main Github repository.
> The changes introduced in SC-62 V2 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_compare_e87bc5fcf35f533e58899311e538e6ffe959102e&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=duRFD3MLnDGlPATLcW5WDdtJJ9qnE1-RuiI7TTog8H0&e=> do not conflict with those added in SC-61 V4 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_compare_2c63814fa7f9f7c477c74a6bfbeb57e0fcc5dd5b..aa9fc5d0b2b59504a31638e880cb81c69aefa018&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=GoCu_ycNg_6csE5BLeawiCw4y1IeHbGuJEhWkcaxIeg&e=>. 
> As observed with other ballots in the past, minor administrative updates must be made to the proposed ballot text before publication such that the appropriate Version # and Change History are accurately represented (e.g., to indicate these changes will be represented in Version 1.8.8).
> 
> MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/2c63814fa7f9f7c477c74a6bfbeb57e0fcc5dd5b..aa9fc5d0b2b59504a31638e880cb81c69aefa018 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_compare_2c63814fa7f9f7c477c74a6bfbeb57e0fcc5dd5b..aa9fc5d0b2b59504a31638e880cb81c69aefa018&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=-zCVp0oUTJucBb_AWp7RF_kObbJ6KsLDHBUOVNXQm_A&s=GoCu_ycNg_6csE5BLeawiCw4y1IeHbGuJEhWkcaxIeg&e=> 
> 
> 
> — Motion Ends —
> 
> 
> This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
> 
> Discussion (11+ days)
> Start time: 2023-02-17 19:00:00 UTC
> End time: 2023-03-09 18:59:00 UTC
> 
> Vote for approval (7 days)
> Start time: 2023-03-09 19:00:00 UTC
> End time: 2023-03-16 19:00:00 UTC
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