Ballot 203: Formation of Network
Security Working Group
Purpose of Ballot: To form a Network Security
Working Group to re-evaluate the CAB Forum's Network Security
Guidelines.
The following motion has been proposed by
Gervase Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Jeremy Rowley of
DigiCert and Moudrick Dadashov of SSC:
-- MOTION BEGINS --
In accordance with Section 5.3 of the CA/B
Forum Bylaws, the chartering of a new Working Group requires a
ballot. This ballot charters the Network Security Working Group.
The CAB Forum's Network Security Guidelines were adopted in
August 2012 but have not been updated since. Significant doubts
have been raised as to their fitness for purpose in 2017.
Therefore, the Working Group’s charter will be as follows:
Scope
1. Consider options for revising, replacing or scrapping the
Network Security Guidelines.
Deliverables
1. An extensive report with one or more proposals for the future
of the Network Security Guidelines.
2. For proposals involving replacement with an existing
framework or standard, details of the availability and
applicability of the proposed alternative, and what
modifications if any would be needed to it in order to make it
suitable for use.
3. For proposals involving revision, details of the revisions
that are deemed necessary and how the document will be kept
current in the future.
4. For proposals involving scrapping, an explanation of why this
is preferable to either of the other two options.
5. If there are multiple proposals, optionally a recommendation
as to which one to pursue and an associated timeline.
6. A form of ballot or ballots to implement any recommendations.
Expiry
The Working Group shall expire once the deliverables have been
completed, or if the group agrees that it cannot achieve the
2/3rds endorsement required by the bylaws for any proposal.
-- MOTION ENDS --
The procedure for approval of this ballot is as
follows:
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BALLOT 203
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Start time (22:00 UTC)
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End time (22:00 UTC)
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Discussion (7 to 14 days)
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5th June
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12th June
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Vote for approval (7 days)
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12th June
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19th June
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Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply
to this thread on the Public list. A vote in favor of the motion
must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response. A vote against must
indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must
indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses
will not be counted. The latest vote received from any
representative of a voting member before the close of the voting
period will be counted. Voting members are listed here: https://cabforum.org/members/
In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the
votes cast by members in the CA category and greater than 50% of
the votes cast by members in the browser category must be in
favor. Quorum is shown on CA/Browser Forum wiki. Under Bylaw
2.2(g), at least the required quorum number must participate in
the ballot for the ballot to be valid, either by voting in favor,
voting against, or abstaining.
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