> On Feb 27, 2018, at 16:35, Jonathan Rudenberg via dev-security-policy 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Feb 27, 2018, at 16:17, Wayne Thayer via dev-security-policy 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> This request has been in public discussion for more than 6 months, so I
>> would like to make a decision soon. If you have comments or concerns with
>> this request, please post them here by 6-March 2018.
> 
> Given the misissued certificates in CT under the existing root, I believe 
> this request should be rejected, and a new clean root with audits should be 
> required before moving forward.
> 
> The errors in the issued certificates indicate a lack of technical controls 
> in addition to improperly implemented certificate profiles. Given this, an 
> explanation should also be provided of what changes have been made to the 
> issuance environment to ensure these types of mistakes will not happen under 
> the new root.

I just took a closer look at the thread, and it appears that some misissuance 
was pointed out in July and most of the controls that were suggested as a 
solution relied on humans. These controls appear to have predictably failed, as 
multiple misissued certificates are from this fall, well after the fixes should 
have been in place.

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