[Smcwg-public] Ballot SMC01: Final Guideline for “S/MIME Baseline Requirements”

Tue Sep 13 13:40:50 UTC 2022

I agree with Bruce.

The WebTrust SSL Baseline Criteria [1] explicitly reference the NCSSRs as
applicable to the operations of CAs regardless of certificate type. In
particular, the "Engagement Scoping" section says:

"The Network Security Requirements apply to all CAs within a publicly
trusted PKI
hierarchy, even if those certificates are designed for other uses (i.e.,
code signing, client
authentication, secure email, document signing etc.)"

Given this guidance, I would be rather surprised if there are conflicts.
Perhaps one of the WebTrust TF folks here on the list can provide their
perspective.

Thanks,

Corey

[1]
https://www.cpacanada.ca/-/media/site/operational/ep-education-pld/docs/mds2
1216wtbr-26-rev-august-2022final.pdf?la=en
<https://www.cpacanada.ca/-/media/site/operational/ep-education-pld/docs/mds
21216wtbr-26-rev-august-2022final.pdf?la=en&hash=D96D591D9422E73871B83488D27
5B9FB78DD1FD7> &hash=D96D591D9422E73871B83488D275B9FB78DD1FD7

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Subject: Re: [Smcwg-public] Ballot SMC01: Final Guideline for "S/MIME
Baseline Requirements"

Since the NCSSRs apply to TLS, Code Signing and soon to be S/MIME
certificates, I would suggest the NCSSRs should take precedence over the
certificate documents. I don't think it would make sense for a CA to be
expected to deploy network security differently based on the certificate
being issued.

I really think this is a non-issue and the certificate working group should
correct any conflicts through ballot.

Bruce.

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After sharing the guideline to more people in Microsoft, we have some
feedback regarding below line:

"6.7 Network security controls 

The CA/Browser Forum's Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein."

While the goal of the NCSSR's is to be certificate agnostic, the history is
mostly related to TLS. There's a risk that a requirement has already been
implemented or could be implemented that would conflict with S/MIME
requirements. We would recommend adding a statement that if there are any
conflicts, that the S/MIME Baseline Requirements take precedence.

Possibly add a sentence such as: "In the event of a conflict between the
S/MIME BRs and the NCSSRs, the S/MIME BRs will take precedence."

Thank you for considering the change.

Hongquan Yin

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Ballot SMC01: Final Guideline for "S/MIME Baseline Requirements" 

Purpose of Ballot:

The S/MIME Certificate Working Group was chartered to discuss, adopt, and
maintain policies, frameworks, and standards for the issuance and management
of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates.  This ballot adopts a new "S/MIME
Baseline Requirements" that includes requirements for verification of
control over email addresses, identity validation for natural persons and
legal entities, key management and certificate lifecycle, certificate
profiles for S/MIME Certificates and Issuing CA Certificates, as well as CA
operational and audit practices.

An S/MIME Certificate for the purposes of this document can be identified by
the existence of an Extended Key Usage (EKU) for id-kp-emailProtection (OID:
1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4) and the inclusion of a rfc822Name or an otherName of type
id-on-SmtpUTF8Mailbox in the subjectAltName extension in the Certificate.

The following motion has been proposed by Stephen Davidson of DigiCert and
endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and ---Ben Wilson of Mozilla.

Charter Voting References

Section 5.1 ("Voting Structure") of the SMCWG Charter says:

In order for a ballot to be adopted by the SMCWG, two-thirds or more of the
votes cast by the Certificate Issuers must be in favor of the ballot and
more than 50% of the votes cast by the Certificate Consumers must be in
favor of the ballot. At least one member of each class must vote in favor of
a ballot for it to be adopted. Quorum is the average number of Member
organizations (cumulative, regardless of Class) that have participated in
the previous three (3) SMCWG Meetings or Teleconferences (not counting
subcommittee meetings thereof).

- MOTION BEGINS -

This ballot adopts the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates" ("S/MIME Baseline
Requirements") as Version 1.0.0.

The proposed S/MIME Baseline Requirements may be found at
https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/7b3ab3c55dd92052a8dc0d4f85a2ac2626
9c222e...28c0b904fe54f1c5f6c71d18c4786a3e02c76f52 or the attached document.

The SMCWG Chair or Vice-Chair is permitted to update the Relevant Dates and
Version Number of the S/MIME Baseline Requirements to reflect final dates.

- MOTION ENDS -

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

Discussion (7+ days)
Start Time: 8 September 2022 17:00 UTC
End Time: 15 September 2022 17:00 UTC

Vote for approval (7 days)
Start Time: 15 September 2022 17:00 UTC
End Time: 22 September 2022 17:00 UTC

IPR Review (60 days)

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