[cabfpub] Ballot 119 - Remove "OfIncorporation" from OID descriptions in EVG 9.2.5

[Gervase Markham]

Mozilla votes Yes.

Gerv

On 18/03/14 04:27, Ben Wilson wrote:
> DigiCert votes yes.
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> *From:*Ben Wilson [mailto:ben at digicert.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 12:56 PM
> *To:* public at cabforum.org
> *Subject:* Ballot 119 - Remove “OfIncorporation” from OID descriptions
> in EVG 9.2.5
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> *Ballot 119 - Remove “OfIncorporation” from OID descriptions in EVG 9.2.5*
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> Rob Stradling of Comodo made the following motion, and Ben Wilson from
> DigiCert and Chema López González from AC Firmaprofesional S.A. have
> endorsed it.
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> 
> The EV Guidelines require certificates to include the jurisdiction where
> the Subject has registered or incorporated. Subsection 9.2.5 of the EV
> Guidelines is titled, "Subject Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
> Registration Field".   However, the OID names provided in that section
> use the string "OfIncorporation", which is overly specific and might be
> considered misleading, because not all business entities with EV
> certificates are corporations.  Therefore, the string "OfIncorporation"
> should be deleted from these OID names.
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> *Motion Begins*
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> DELETE the string "OfIncorporation" from the OID names in the three
> certificate fields in Section 9.2.5 (Subject Jurisdiction of
> Incorporation or Registration Field) so that the section, as amended,
> will read as follows:
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> Certificate fields:
> 
> Locality (if required): 
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> subject:jurisdictionLocalityName (OID:  1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.1)
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> ASN.1 - X520LocalityName as specified in RFC 5280
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> State or province (if required): 
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> subject:jurisdictionStateOrProvinceName (OID:  1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2)
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> ASN.1 - X520StateOrProvinceName as specified in RFC 5280
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> Country:  
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>                subject:jurisdictionCountryName (OID: 
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3)
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> ASN.1 – X520countryName as specified in RFC 5280
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> Required/Optional:   Required
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> Contents:   These fields MUST NOT contain information that is not
> relevant to the level of the Incorporating Agency or Registration
> Agency.  For example, the Jurisdiction of Incorporation for an
> Incorporating Agency or Jurisdiction of Registration for a Registration
> Agency that operates at the country level MUST include the country
> information but MUST NOT include the state or province or locality
> information.  Similarly, the jurisdiction for the applicable
> Incorporating Agency or Registration Agency at the state or province
> level MUST include both country and state or province information, but
> MUST NOT include locality information.  And, the jurisdiction for the
> applicable Incorporating Agency or Registration Agency at the locality
> level MUST include the country and state or province information, where
> the state or province regulates the registration of the entities at the
> locality level, as well as the locality information.  Country
> information MUST be specified using the applicable ISO country code. 
> State or province or locality information (where applicable) for the
> Subject’s Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration MUST be
> specified using the full name of the applicable jurisdiction. 
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> *Motion Ends*
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> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Monday,
> 10 March 2014, and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, 17 March 2014.
> Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting
> period will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on
> Monday, 24 March 2014. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to
> this thread.
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> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the
> response. A vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A
> vote to abstain must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear
> responses will not be counted. The latest vote received from any
> representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period
> will be counted. Voting members are listed here: 
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> In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes
> cast by members in the CA category and greater than 50% of the votes
> cast by members in the browser category must be in favor. Also, at least
> six members must participate in the ballot, either by voting in favor,
> voting against, or abstaining.
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