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

Ryan Sleevi sleevi at google.com
Mon Nov 16 18:54:20 UTC 2015


Ballot 154: Google votes YES
Ballot 155: Google votes YES

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Ben Wilson <ben.wilson at digicert.com> 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.
>
> Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread. A vote in
> favor of each ballot must indicate a clear ‘yes’ in the response. A vote
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> 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: https://cabforum.org/members/. In order
> for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast by
> members in the CA category and more than one half 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 by abstaining for the vote to be
> valid.
>
>
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