[Smcwg-public] Methods for email verification

Wendy Brown - QT3LB-C wendy.brown at gsa.gov
Thu Feb 18 16:24:51 UTC 2021


also could a single validation of the email address be used for issuance of
both the signature & encryption certs in the case of the dual certs vs
single cert case?

Wendy

Wendy Brown
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:54 AM Doug Beattie via Smcwg-public <
smcwg-public at cabforum.org> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
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> I’m not sure I agree with this statement in section 3.2.2.2.2 Validating
> control over email address via email
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>    - Completed validations of Applicant control over the email address
>    must be performed *for each Certificate issuance*.
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> I’d like to permit re-use of that validation over and over for the re-use
> period for that subscriber if possible.  Is there a reason we preclude
> that?  For example, an email gateway provider might validate this email
> address and then want to replace certificates more frequently than 397
> days, but this would require emails to the email box to act on that.
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> Doug
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> *From:* Smcwg-public <smcwg-public-bounces at cabforum.org> *On Behalf Of *Stephen
> Davidson via Smcwg-public
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:02 PM
> *To:* SMIME Certificate Working Group <smcwg-public at cabforum.org>
> *Subject:* [Smcwg-public] Methods for email verification
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> Hello all:
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> Following our discussion on the call today, I attach draft text for
> section 3.2.2.2 of the SMIME BR (SBR) that deals with 1) Validating
> authority over email address via domain and 2) Validating control over
> email address via email.
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> It aims to fulfill the requirements of the Mozilla policy.  It includes
> comments with some questions that require further discussion.  Additional
> methods can be addressed in future versions of the SBR.
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> Many thanks for Doug and Sebastian at GlobalSign for their help in
> drafting this.  We’ll discuss this in a future meeting, but feel free to
> also provide feedback here.
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> Many thanks, Stephen
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