TrustCor votes to abstain on Ballot Forum-11.
TrustCor does not oppose the establishment of a working group to examine
the requirements for a solid S/MIME foundation, but the current
discussions have indicated that there is no likelihood for consensus on
the current path, despite the sterling efforts of the proposers and the
forum in general. If the ballot is unsuccessful, we look forward to
seeing and contributing to future efforts to achieve that consensus.
Regards,
Neil
On 24/01/2020 19:39, Tim Hollebeek via Public wrote:
The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and
endorsed by Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and Adriano Santoni of Actalis.
Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group
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—
The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
Discussion (7+ days)
Start Time: 2020-01-24 14:40:00 EDT
End Time: after 2020-01-31 14:40:00 EDT
Vote for approval (7 days)
Start Time: TBD
End Time: TBD
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