[cabf_validation] Draft ballot from London on CAA Contact

Moudrick M. Dadashov md at ssc.lt
Fri Jul 6 14:47:03 MST 2018


FYI https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registration-data-specs-en

Thanks,
M.D.

On 7/7/2018 12:04 AM, Tim Hollebeek via Validation wrote:
>
> I’d like to get endorsers and start discussing this.  It will allow 
> DNS-savvy customers to get around registrars/registries that redact 
> contact information due to an overly-broad application of GDPR.
>
> I’m leaving SC1 available for a ballot on elections, etc.
>
> Draft text:
>
> Ballot SC2: CAA Contact Property and Associated Validation Methods
>
> Purpose of Ballot: Increasingly, contact information is not available 
> in WHOIS due to concerns about potential GDPR violations.  This ballot 
> specifies a method by which domain holders can publish their contact 
> information via DNS, and how CAs can use that information for 
> validating domain control.
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert 
> and endorsed by ??? and ???.
>
> --- MOTION BEGINS ---
>
> This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and 
> Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates” as follows, based on 
> Version 1.5.7:
>
> Add Section 3.2.2.4.13: Domain Owner Email published in DNS
>
> Confirm the Applicant's control over the FQDN by (i) sending an email 
> to a DNS domain name holder, (ii) including a Random Value in the 
> email, and (iii) receiving a confirming response utilizing the Random 
> Value. The CA MUST send the email to an email address found in:
>
> 1.            DNS TXT record specified as 
> "domain-authorization-contact" (e.g., 
> domain-authorization-contact=domainowner at example.com), or
>
> 2.            CAA Contact property record as defined in Appendix B.
>
> Each email MAY confirm control of multiple FQDNs, provided the email 
> address used is a DNS contact email address for each FQDN being 
> confirmed.
>
> The Random Value SHALL be unique in each email. The email MAY be 
> re-sent in its entirety, including the re-use of the Random Value, 
> provided that its entire contents and recipient SHALL remain 
> unchanged. The Random Value SHALL remain valid for use in a confirming 
> response for no more than 30 days from its creation. The CPS MAY 
> specify a shorter validity period for Random Values.
>
> Note: Once the FQDN has been validated using this method, the CA MAY 
> also issue Certificates for other FQDNs that end with all the labels 
> of the validated FQDN. This method is suitable for validating Wildcard 
> Domain Names.
>
> Add Section 3.2.2.4.14: Domain Owner Phone published in DNS
>
> Confirm the Applicant's control over the FQDN by calling the DNS 
> domain name holder phone number and obtaining a response confirming 
> the Applicant's request for validation of the FQDN. The CA MUST place 
> the call to a phone number identified in:
>
> 1.            DNS TXT record specified as 
> "domain-authorization-contact" (e.g., domain-authorization-contact=+1 
> 310 555 1212), or
>
> 2.            CAA Contact property record as defined in Appendix B.
>
> Each phone call SHALL be made to a single number and MAY confirm 
> control of multiple FQDNs, provided that the phone number is 
> identified by the DNS contact as a valid contact method for every Base 
> Domain Name being verified using the phone call.
>
> Note: Once the FQDN has been validated using this method, the CA MAY 
> also issue Certificates for other FQDNs that end with all the labels 
> of the validated FQDN. This method is suitable for validating Wildcard 
> Domain Names.
>
> Add Appendix B: CAA Contact Tag
>
> The syntax for the contact property is similar to the iodef property.  
> It allows domain owners to publish contact information in DNS in 
> addition to WHOIS for the purpose of validating domain control.
>
> CAA contact Property
>
> contact <URL> :  The contact property entry specifies the authorized 
> means of contacting the holder of the domain or another party who is 
> authorized to approve issuance of certificates for the domain.
>
> The contact property specifies a means of contacting the domain 
> holder, or another party that is authorized to approve issuance of 
> certificates for the domain in question.
>
> The contact property takes a URL as its parameter.  The following URL 
> scheme types SHOULD be implemented:
>
> mailto: An SMTP email address where the domain holder or other 
> authorized party can be contacted.
>
> tel: A telephone number where the domain holder or other authorized 
> party can be contacted.
>
> The following is an example where the holder of the domain specified 
> the contact property using both an email address and a phone number.
>
> $ORIGIN example.com
>
> .              CAA 0 issue “ca.example.net”
>
> .              CAA 0 contact “mailto:domainowner at example.com>
> .              CAA 0 contact “tel:+1 310 555 1212”
>
> The CONTACT tag will also be registered with IANA as a reserved CAA 
> tag, and will be submitted for inclusion in a future version of RFC 6844.
>
> --- MOTION ENDS ---
>
> A comparison of the changes can be found at: 
> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/commit/d71fea31b69d5541cb34b9c2cae567d6ade7e3a2#diff-7f6d14a20e7f3beb696b45e1bf8196f2
>
> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
>
> Discussion (7+ days)
>
> Start Time: TBD
>
> End Time: TBD
>
> Vote for approval (7 days)
>
> Start Time: TBD
>
> End Time: TBD
>
> -Tim
>
>
>
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