DigiCert votes NO on FORUM-020 v2.

 

This is purely based on a minor problem which I wish I had spotted during the 
discussion period, but didn’t.

 

The problem is that the requirement to put the CABF policy OID in timestamping 
certs or ICAs is pretty recent, and there are extant certificates out there 
that don’t have it, but are still trusted by Microsoft.

 

I think it is a mistake to have those certificates be outside the scope of the 
charter.  I think the correct scope is timestamp certificates that chain to 
public roots trusted by one or more certificate consumers.

 

Again, this is definitely just a nit, and DigiCert would be happy to support an 
amended charter that fixes this very minor flaw.

 

-Tim

 

From: Public <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Martijn Katerbarg via 
Public
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 3:02 PM
To: CABforum1 <[email protected]>
Subject: [cabfpub] Voting Period begins: Ballot FORUM-020 v2 - Amend Code 
Signing Certificate Working Group Charter

 

Ballot FORUM-020 v2 - Amend Code Signing Certificate Working Group Charter

 

Purpose of Ballot

This ballot proposes to amend the Code Signing Certificate Working Group 
(CSCWG) Charter with the following changes:

*       Bump the Charter version.
*       Add a limited scope for timestamp certificates.
*       Remove the version reference of the bylaws that we follow.
*       During a ballot, count only members that are in a voting class, 
disregarding associate members and interested parties.
*       Align Quorum definition as half the average, as the Bylaws have it set.

 

The following motion has been proposed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and 
endorsed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA.

 

----- Motion Begins -----

 

MODIFY the Charter of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group as specified 
in the following redline: 
 
<https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/59185f16917cc7f5b83564fe5fddff32cf84c8ce...b80c98b80ee132e2a3adf09bfa8ba7448084d11d>
 
https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/59185f16917cc7f5b83564fe5fddff32cf84c8ce...b80c98b80ee132e2a3adf09bfa8ba7448084d11d

 

----- Motion Ends -----

 

This ballot does not propose a Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline. 

 

The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

 

Discussion Period (7+ days)

    Start Time: 2023-12-14 – 16:00 UTC

    End Time: 2024-01-04 – 20:00 UTC

 

Vote for approval (7 days)

    Start Time: 2024-01-04 – 20:00 UTC

    End Time:  2024-01-11 – 20:00 UTC

 

 

 

 

Attachment: smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

_______________________________________________
Public mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public

Reply via email to