Thanks Tim and Stephen for incorporating my earlier suggestions and for moving this forward - it's is a nice holiday gift.
Something that was present in earlier drafts but that I failed to call out is that the introduction, in a few different spots, implies that S/MIME certificates must contain legal or natural identity information, rather than permitting validation and inclusion of only an email address. Assuming that the intent is to permit S/MIME certificates to be issued with and without natural or legal identity validation as would be expected in a baseline, I'd like the introduction to be clarified. I'm happy to suggest specific changes if you'd like. - Wayne On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:46 PM Tim Hollebeek via Public < [email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I think it’s time to circulate this to a wider audience and look for > endorsers. Happy holidays! > > > > -Tim > > > > Purpose of the Ballot > > > > The CA/Browser Forum recently underwent a two-year long governance reform > exercise, modifying the Bylaws to allow the creation of working groups that > covered topics other than server certificates. While originally motivated > by the inability to maintain requirements for code signing certificates, it > was anticipated from the start that this would also provide an opportunity > to create other working groups that could develop and maintain certificate > profiles and requirements for other kinds of certificates. While a number > of regional and technical standards exist regarding the creation and > issuance of S/MIME certificates, there is no current global forum for > certificate authorities and those who consume or use S/MIME certificates to > come together and develop and maintain policies and standards for those > certificates. This lack of standards has impeded the adoption and > interoperability of S/MIME certificate worldwide. This ballot would > establish a working group chartered to develop and maintain such standards > for S/MIME certificates, including but not limited to two important > priorities: a uniform certificate profile for the issuance of > publicly-trusted S/MIME certificates, and validation requirements for such > certificates. > > > > -- MOTION BEGINS – > > > > Establish S/MIME Certificates Working Group > > > > Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with section 5.3 of > the Bylaws, the S/MIME Certificates Working Group (“SMWG”) is created to > perform the activities as specified in the attached Charter. > > > > — MOTION ENDS— > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] > https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public >
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