On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:13 PM Burton via dev-security-policy <
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> CAs,
>
> Please can you give a brief statement regarding these questions below:
>
> a) What’s your operational status at this time?
>
> b) Do you expect in the next six months to maintain an adequate operational
> status?
>
> c) If the worst case scenario does happen, what have you planned to
> maintain operationally?
>

I think it's unlikely to get responses from many CAs. There is purely risk
here, with an unclear goal. I appreciate the clarity, but I also don't
think m.d.s.p. is necessarily a good venue for CA communications. For
example, if you'd like to submit this to Kathleen as a suggestion for a CA
communication, that might be a more productive endeavor.

It also means that open ended questions like this may not get consistent
answers across CAs. For example, CA Foo might say their operational status
is "Case Nightmare Green"  while CA Bar might say that their operational
status is "Major Tom" and CA Baz says "The eagle has left the nest". Those
are answers, but are they helpful? Similarly, "adequate" operational status
and "worst case" are equally ill-defined.

In short, while I appreciate the curiosity, I don't think anything of value
can be gained from this thread, at least holistically. And it just seems
inherently risky for CAs to respond without that shared context.
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