[cabfpub] Ballot 167 - Baseline Requirements Corrections

Andrew R. Whalley awhalley at google.com
Fri Apr 15 16:28:40 UTC 2016


Google votes YES

Andrew

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Peter Bowen <pzb at amzn.com> wrote:

> Dimitris and Josh have endorsed a version of this that included the
> wildcard changes.  I’ve removed those changes based on the last call.  I’m
> assuming they still endorse; I would ask they confirm that they do.
>
> A redlined version of the BRs is attached for those wishing to review in
> that format.
>
> Ballot 167: Baseline Requirements Corrections
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Peter Bowen of Amazon and
> endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA and Josh Aas of ISRG:
>
> Background:
>
> A number of small corrections and clarifications to the Baseline
> Requirements have been identified.  These are, in general, changes that
> reflect the existing understanding of the Baseline Requirements by the
> Forum.  Due to the understanding that these primarily represent existing
> practice, they are combined for efficiency.
>
> -- MOTION BEGINS --
>
> Effective the date of passage, the following modifications to the Baseline
> Requirements are adopted:
>
> In Section 1.6.1:
> - In the definition of "Applicant Representative", replace "and agrees to
> the Certificate Terms of Use" with "the Terms of Use" and append "or is the
> CA" at the end of the definition;
> - In the definition of "Country", replace "sovereign nation" with
> "Sovereign State";
> - In the definition of "Terms of Use", append "or is the CA" at the end of
> the definition;
>
> In Section 1.6.3:
> - Delete RFC2560;
> - Insert "RFC6960, Request for Comments: 6960, X.509 Internet Public Key
> Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP. Santesson, Myers,
> Ankney, Malpani, Galperin, Adams, June 2013.";
> - Delete X.509v3;
> - Insert "X.509, Recommendation ITU-T X.509 (10/2012) | ISO/IEC
> 9594-8:2014 (E), Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection –
> The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks."
>
> Move the content in section 3.3.1 to section 4.2.1 to become the third
> paragraph in 4.2.1 and leave section 3.3.1 blank.
>
> In section 4.9.9, replace all occurrences of "RFC2560" with "RFC6960".
>
> In section 5.2.2, insert "CA" immediately before "Private Key".
>
> In section 6.1.2, append "without authorization by the Subscriber" to the
> end of the first sentence.
>
> In section 6.1.6, update the last citation to read: "[Source: Sections
> 5.6.2.3.2 and 5.6.2.3.3, respectively, of NIST SP 56A: Revision 2]"
>
> In section 6.2, in the second sentence, insert "CA" immediately before
> both instances of "Private Key".
>
> In section 6.2.5, append "without authorization by the Subordinate CA" to
> the end of the sentence.
>
> In section 7, insert the following introduction paragraph:
> "All Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists SHALL comply with RFC
> 5280 and RFC 6818.  They SHALL additionally comply with RFC3279, RFC4055,
> RFC5480, RFC5756, RFC5758 as appropriate based on the Subject Public Key
> Info and the Signature Algorithm present in the certificate."
>
> In sections 7.1.2.1(e) and 7.1.2.2(h) change the organizationName line to
> read:
> "-  organizationName (OID 2.5.4.10): This field MUST be present and the
> contents MUST contain either the Subject CA’s name or DBA as verified under
> Section 3.2.2.2. The CA may include information in this field that differs
> slightly from the verified name, such as common variations or
> abbreviations, provided that the CA documents the difference and any
> abbreviations used are locally accepted abbreviations; e.g., if the
> official record shows “Company Name Incorporated”, the CA MAY use “Company
> Name Inc.” or “Company Name”."
>
> Append " - Subscriber Certificates" to the the title of section 7.1.4.2.
>
> Replace "Subordiate" with "Subordinate" in the title of 7.1.6.3.
>
> In section 9.6.1 item 6:
> - Insert "are the same entity or" immediately prior to "are Affiliated";
> - Remove "and accepted".
>
> In section 9.6.3, replace "agreement to the Terms of Use agreement." with
> "acknowledgement of the Terms of Use."
>
> In section 9.6.3 item 2, replace "maintain sole control" with "assure
> control".
>
> In the following sections, replace all occurrences of "Subscriber or Terms
> of Use Agreement" with "Subscriber Agreement or Terms of Use".
> - Section 1.6.1, in the definition of "Subscriber"
> - Section 4.1.2
> - Section 4.9.1.1
> - Section 4.9.11
> - Section 9.6.1
> - Section 9.6.3
>
> -- MOTION ENDS --
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on 7 April
> 2016, and will close at 2200 UTC on 14 April 2016. Unless the motion is
> withdrawn during the review period, the voting period will start
> immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on 21 April 2016. Votes
> must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.
>
> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response.
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> will not be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a
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