[Servercert-wg] [Voting Begins] Ballot SC-74 - Clarify CP/CPS structure according to RFC 3647

[Tim Hollebeek]

DigiCert votes NO on Ballot SC-74.



The ballot is insufficiently clear about whether punctuation, capitalization, 
etc have to match exactly, and RFC 3647, which is Informative and was never 
intended to be used this way, is inconsistent itself in its use of 
capitalization and punctuation.



There needs to be additional clarity about exactly what the requirements are 
if we want to do this.



-Tim



From: Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces at cabforum.org> On Behalf Of Dimitris 
Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Servercert-wg
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2024 4:24 AM
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Subject: [Servercert-wg] [Voting Begins] Ballot SC-74 - Clarify CP/CPS 
structure according to RFC 3647



Voting begins for ballot SC-74.




SC-74 - Clarify CP/CPS structure according to RFC 3647


Summary


The TLS Baseline Requirements require in section 2.2 that:

"The Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practice Statement MUST be 
structured in accordance with RFC 3647 and MUST include all material required 
by RFC 3647."

The intent of this language was to ensure that all CAs' CP and/or CPS 
documents contain a similar structure, making it easier to review and compare 
against the BRs. However, there was some ambiguity as to the actual structure 
that CAs should follow. After several discussions in the SCWG Public Mailing 
List 
<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2023-November/004070.html___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzozYzI2MWQxMjUxYTQyZjkzZjc5ZTc2YWM0MDc3NmJhNzo2OjBhNTk6YTQwZDgwNmE5Y2VkY2QwMTc1MTQyYTk2MTIyNTVmODBhNTM0YzIzOTI3MzE2ZDgwMDg3ZmVhMTAyMjcxZGQ2ODpoOkY> 
and F2F meetings, it was agreed that more clarity should be added to the 
existing requirement, pointing to the outline described in section 6 of RFC 
3647.

The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) and 
endorsed by Aaron Poulsen (Amazon) and Tim Hollebeek (Digicert).

You can view the github pull request representing this ballot here 
<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/503___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzozYzI2MWQxMjUxYTQyZjkzZjc5ZTc2YWM0MDc3NmJhNzo2OmRmMzM6MDJlYjIwNGZmZjg3NjExOWMzM2IyODU3MjM3NGNjMWU0ZjBhYzExOTRhZmZmZjE5ZjY0OTZmNmU0YTljNmIyYjpoOkY> 
.


Motion Begins


MODIFY the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of 
Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates" based on Version 2.0.4 as specified 
in the following redline:

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https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/c4a34fe2292022e0a04ba66b5a85df75907ac2a2...f6a90e2a652fbb7a2d62a976b70f4af3adce8dae___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzozYzI2MWQxMjUxYTQyZjkzZjc5ZTc2YWM0MDc3NmJhNzo2OmIzOTE6ZDUwNjAwMjUzNmFmM2Y4YzAwNTc2NmVjODkwNWRkYjM4YWY5ODE3NmMzYWI5OTBmOTJkNGZmOWJmODc1MDA4NTp0OkY 
<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/c4a34fe2292022e0a04ba66b5a85df75907ac2a2...f6a90e2a652fbb7a2d62a976b70f4af3adce8dae___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzozYzI2MWQxMjUxYTQyZjkzZjc5ZTc2YWM0MDc3NmJhNzo2OjQzY2I6YjYyNzliYTI4Y2FlZWVmNjMyYjg3ZGRkZDVlMDg5NjNjZmY2ZjBlZjA0YzE5ZGM0NDllNmQxNGJlYTI0MDIzNzpoOkY>


Motion Ends


This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval 
of this ballot is as follows:


Discussion (at least 7 days)


*	Start time: 2024-04-25 16:30:00 UTC
*	End time: on or after 2024-05-02 16:30:00 UTC


Vote for approval (7 days)


*	Start time: 2024-05-05 8:30:00 UTC
*	End time: 2024-05-12 8:30:00 UTC



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