[cabfpub] Ballot 143 - Formalization of Validation Working Group

[Erwann Abalea]

OpenTrust votes Yes.

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Erwann ABALEA

Le 04/02/2015 22:05, Jeremy Rowley a écrit :
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> Ballot 143 - Formalization of validation working group
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> Reason
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> In order to address validation issues and inconsistencies in both the 
> SSL Baseline Requirements and the EV Guidelines, the CAB Forum has 
> held an informal working group previously referred to as the Extended 
> Validation Working Group now known as the Validation Working Group, 
> would like to modify its scope to include validation in the Baseline 
> Requirements as well as the EV Guidelines.
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> Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert made the following motion, which was 
> endorsed by Rich Smith of Comodo and Kirk Hall of TrendMicro
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> Motion begins
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> The CA-Browser Forum formally establishes the Validation Working Group 
> as an official working group of the CAB Forum, replacing the previous 
> informal EV working group.  The scope of this working group is to 
> address issues arising under adopted CAB Forum standards related to 
> the validation of certificate information and the inclusion of 
> information in certificates.
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> Scope: The Validation Working Group will consider all matters relating 
> to the validation and inclusion of information in certificates under 
> adopted CAB Forum guidelines.
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> Deliverables: The Working Group shall produce one or more documents 
> offering options to the Forum for validation within the scope defined 
> above.
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> Motion Ends
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> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on 5 Feb 
> 2015, and will close at 2200 UTC on 11 Feb 2015. Unless the motion is 
> withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start 
> immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on 18 Feb 2015. 
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
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> 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 
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> 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. Quorum is 
> currently nine (9) members– at least nine members must participate in 
> the ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.
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