[Smcwg-public] Use of the certificateHold CRLreason for leaf certificates
Russ Housley
housley at vigilsec.com
Thu Sep 1 19:07:28 UTC 2022
Stephen:
I would strongly prefer that any use of suspension be described in the CP (not the CPS).
Russ
> On Sep 1, 2022, at 11:54 AM, Stephen Davidson via Smcwg-public <smcwg-public at cabforum.org> wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> Following active discussion relating to suspension for leaf certificates by the WG, it was agreed to document the use of suspension for the Legacy and Multipurpose certificate generations.
> There were arguments regarding the appropriateness of certificateHold in the context of S/MIME, and its effectiveness in the face of limited client support.
> However, suspension is permitted by some other standards and regulations, and is used by CAs for S/MIME-capable certificates in some regions.
> It is likely that future ballots may further amend these Requirements relating to suspension.
> A draft of the changes may be found at https://github.com/cabforum/smime/commit/347eb1b93e1ac5b2ceb13692ce958b6ebd5af5ff <https://github.com/cabforum/smime/commit/347eb1b93e1ac5b2ceb13692ce958b6ebd5af5ff>
>
> Regards, Stephen
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