[Servercert-wg] Voting begins: Ballot SC15 version 2: Remove Validation Method Number 9

Jacob Hoffman-Andrews jsha at letsencrypt.org
Wed Jan 30 10:09:41 MST 2019


Let's Encrypt votes YES to SC15.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 11:56 AM Doug Beattie via Servercert-wg <
servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:

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> Ballot SC15 version 2: Remove Validation Method Number 9
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> Purpose of Ballot:  Method 9, Test Certificate, is insecure when web
> hosting platforms use a single IP address for more than one Domain Name, so
> this method must not be used.
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> The following motion has been proposed by Doug Beattie of GlobalSign and
> endorsed by Bruce Morton of Entrust Datacard and Ryan Sleevi of Google.
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> --- MOTION BEGINS ---
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> This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
> Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” as follows, based on Version
> 1.6.2:
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> Replace the content of section 3.2.2.4.9 with:
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> This method has been retired and MUST NOT be used. Prior validations using
> this method and validation data gathered according to this method SHALL NOT
> be used to issue certificates.
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> --- MOTION ENDS ---
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> *** WARNING ***: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  THE REDLINE BELOW IS NOT THE
> OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE CHANGES (CABF Bylaws, Section 2.4(a)):
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> A comparison of the changes can be found at:
> https://github.com/dougbeattie/documents/compare/master...dougbeattie:SC15---Remove-Method-9
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> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> Discussion (7+ days)
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> Start Time: 2019-01-29 15:00 Eastern
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> End Time: 2019-02-05 15:00 Eastern
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> Start Time: TBD
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> End Time: TBD
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