[cabfpub] Ballots 154 and 155 - Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub

Rob Stradling rob.stradling at comodo.com
Fri Nov 13 10:58:18 UTC 2015


Comodo votes YES for Ballot 154.
Comodo votes YES for Ballot 155.

On 03/11/15 19:46, Ben Wilson wrote:
> *Ballots 154 and 155 - Convert to RFC 3647 Framework* *and GitHub*
>
> The Certificate Policy Review Working Group was chartered by Ballot 128
> to (i) consider existing and proposed standards, (ii) create a list of
> potential improvements based on the considered standards that improve
> the existing CAB Forum work product, (iii) evaluate the transition to a
> 3647 format based on the amount of work involved.
>
> The CP Review WG has met and concluded that the best path forward for
> the Forum is to complete a conversion to the RFC 3647 framework for the
> EV Guidelines and the Network and Certificate System Security
> Requirements and to post them on GitHub as the canonical versions of
> those documents.
>
> Ben Wilson of DigiCert makes the following motions, and Dean Coclin from
> Symantec and Gerv Markham from Mozilla have endorsed them.
>
> *- - - - Motion for Ballot 154 - - - -*
>
> Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum directs the Certificate
> Policy Review Working Group to prepare a version of the EV Guidelines
> that moves existing content into the RFC 3647 format;
>
> Be it further resolved that the CA / Browser Forum also directs the
> Certificate Policy Review Working Group to post the RFC-3647-formatted
> EV Guidelines on GitHub to serve, upon formal adoption by the Forum in a
> future ballot, as the canonical version of the EV Guidelines.
>
> *- - - - Motion Ends - - - -*
>
> *- - - - Motion for Ballot 155 - - - -*
>
> Be it resolved that the CA / Browser Forum directs the Certificate
> Policy Review Working Group to prepare a version of the Network and
> Certificate System Security Requirements that moves existing content
> into the RFC 3647 format;
>
> Be it further resolved that the CA / Browser Forum also directs the
> Certificate Policy Review Working Group to post the RFC-3647-formatted
> Network and Certificate System Security Requirements on GitHub to serve,
> upon formal adoption by the Forum in a future ballot, as the canonical
> version of the Network and Certificate System Security Requirements.
>
> *- - - - Motion Ends* *- - - -*
>
> The review period for these ballots shall commence at 2200 UTC on
> Tuesday, 3 November 2015 and will close at 2200 UTC on Tuesday, 10
> November 2015. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period,
> the voting period will start immediately thereafter and will close at
> 2200 UTC on Tuesday, 17 November 2015.
>
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> representative of a voting member before the close of the voting period
> will be counted.
>
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> members in the browser category must be in favor. Quorum is currently
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>
>
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