[Servercert-wg] Voting Period Begins - Ballot SC-073: Compromised and Weak Keys

[Yoshihiko Matsuo]

JPRS votes YES to Ballot SC-073

Yoshihiko Matsuo

On 2024/04/26 9:00, Wayne Thayer via Servercert-wg wrote:
> Purpose of Ballot SC-073
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> This ballot proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates related to weak and compromised private keys. These changes lie primarily in Section 6.1.1.3 <http://6.1.1.3>:
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>     6.1.1.3(4) clarifies that, for the purpose of this requirement, CAs shall be made aware of compromised keys using their existing notification mechanism(s).
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>     6.1.1.3(5) improves guidance for CAs around the detection of weak keys. Should this ballot pass, these changes become effective on November 15, 2024.
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> Notes:
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>     This ballot builds on the extensive work done by SSL.com in creating ballot SC-59v2 Weak Key Guidance. SSL.com’s contributions are appreciated.
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>     Thanks to Rob Stradling of Sectigo for the generation and publication of the set of Debian weak keys referenced in this ballot.
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>     The Debian weak keys requirements have been discussed extensively, including in the following threads: https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-March/004291.html <https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-March/004291.html>and https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-April/004422.html <https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/servercert-wg/2024-April/004422.html>
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>     This ballot does not appear to conflict with any other ballots that are currently under discussion.
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> The following motion has been proposed by Wayne Thayer of Fastly, and endorsed by Brittany Randall of GoDaddy and Bruce Morton of Entrust.
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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” (“Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 2.0.3.
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> MODIFY the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted TLS Server Certificates as specified in the following Redline:
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> Here is a link to the immutable GitHub redline: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a65402cff89affe1fc0a1f0e49807c7e42e1608a...bee10c8e4a56815bffd59fab12cbd4044baa7cc0 <https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/a65402cff89affe1fc0a1f0e49807c7e42e1608a...bee10c8e4a56815bffd59fab12cbd4044baa7cc0>
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> — Motion Ends —
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> This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> Discussion (7+ days)
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>     Start time: 2024-04-18 00:00:00 UTC
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>     End time: 2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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>     Start time: 2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC
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>   * End time: 2024-05-03 00:00:00 UTC
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