Ryan, you weaken your case when you are patronizing to people.  If you don’t 
want to respond to my question (why not include legislative Notes on transition 
rules to the BRs right where they apply, as is commonly done), that’s your 
right, but again you weaken your case.

Peter made an interesting suggestion that we keep layering on transition rules 
into the BRs themselves – here is his example:


In section 7.1.4.2, replace the last sentence (which currently reads " CAs 
SHALL NOT include a Domain Name or IP Address in a Subject attribute except as 
specified in Sections 3.2.2.4 or 3.2.2.5.”) with something like:



“CAs MUST NOT include Domain Name or IP Address in a Subject Attribute unless 
it has been verified using a procedure covered in section 3.2.2.4 or 3.2.2.5 of 
the Baseline Requirements that were in effect at the time of verification,  
Such verification MUST have occurred no more than 39 months prior to 
certificate issuance if the issuance occurs before 1 March 2018.  Such 
verification MUST have occurred no more than 825 days prior to certificate 
issuance if the issuance occurs on or after 1 March 2018.”

Yes, that will resolve ONE set of transition rules from ONE ballot – but what 
do we do when we have another ballot that amends the same section?  And then 
another?  (Gerv gave a good example of this possibility this morning relating 
to the .well-known validation rule as you recall).  Do we keep adding 
transition rules and effective dates over and over again to the same section?  
That makes no sense, and is not generally how rule sets are amended and 
codified.

From: Ryan Sleevi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 3:12 PM
To: Kirk Hall <[email protected]>
Cc: CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [cabfpub] Ballot 190: Domain Validation



On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Kirk Hall 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Can you explain why you oppose including Sec. 2 of Ballot 190 as a Note at the 
end of BR 3.2.2.4 as updated?  This is commonly done for rule sets around the 
world, and is the simplest and easiest way to proceed.

I thought your concern was making sure that someone who looked at the updated 
BRs would see what transition rules had been adopted, and would not have to go 
back to Ballot 190 to find out.  A Notice at the end of BR 3.2.2.4 would 
accomplish that.

It would be very helpful to the Forum if you would consider alternatives to the 
exact outcome you want, and evaluate other options that will meet your concerns 
and also the concerns and opinions of other members.  Right now, it’s hard to 
understand why you are not showing any flexibility.

Kirk,

Flexibility on ambiguity is not flexibility, it's foolishness. I can understand 
that it may be difficult for you to understand the set of concerns, but I think 
you're unduly offering suggestions on something that Jeremy is more than 
capable of addressing. It's unclear why you're attempting to propose a 
particular solution, rather than allow him, as the ballot author, to understand 
these concerns, as he no doubt does, and incorporate them.

If you're concerned about ballots you may propose running into the same issue, 
then if you were to propose a ballot that suffers from the same problem here, 
I'm more than happy to take the time with you, including on the phone if 
necessary and helpful for you, to explain these concerns to your satisfaction. 
However, I think you're unduly presenting a solution that is insufficient, but 
also irrelevant to the task at hand.

I think there's enough context on this list for Jeremy to understand the 
concerns and address them. And I'm sure you agree that making progress is more 
important than satisfying your understanding.

All the best
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