[Smcwg-public] [EXTERNAL]-Re: Use of the certificateHold CRLreason for leaf certificates

Russ Housley housley at vigilsec.com
Thu Sep 1 19:24:29 UTC 2022


Pedro:

In my view, the current wording would allow a CA to only discuss suspension in the CPS, even if that CA has both a CP and a CPS.  That seems wrong to me.

Russ


> On Sep 1, 2022, at 3:13 PM, Pedro FUENTES <pfuentes at WISEKEY.COM> wrote:
> 
> Although we do, not all CAs have separate CP and CPS. The wording must be flexible. 
> 
>> Le 1 sept. 2022 à 21:07, Russ Housley via Smcwg-public <smcwg-public at cabforum.org> a écrit :
>> 
>>  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 <mailto: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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_smime_commit_347eb1b93e1ac5b2ceb13692ce958b6ebd5af5ff&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=tqhseCjhGy1A7E44VMn6WzaiveyVhTw1OH3Hqh75XMA&s=QA7hqsdMpnHwMPA2pcup2gL9nERRGC0S4brZ42fCVuY&e=>
>>>  
>>> Regards, Stephen
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