Re: Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-02-07 Thread Gervase Markham
On 24/01/17 14:53, Gervase Markham wrote: > It is proposed that we dealing with this from a policy perspective by > doing the following: Resolution: branch merged as drafted. > 5) We will need to update the CCADB-related pages on the Mozilla wiki to > disentangle and remove policy bits from the

Re: Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-01-27 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 27/01/2017 10:06, Gervase Markham wrote: On 26/01/17 14:12, Jakob Bohm wrote: Given that Mozilla has been reducing the scope and generality of their root store over the past few years, I would suggest reaching out to those organizations that base their public root stores on the Mozilla

Re: Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-01-26 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 26/01/2017 10:23, Gervase Markham wrote: On 25/01/17 18:38, Ryan Sleevi wrote: I'm a little wary of introducing #1 until you know what #2 contains, because to introduce #1, you want to have some way of building consensus/agreement with different consumers, and that remains unspecified. It

Re: Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-01-26 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/01/17 18:38, Ryan Sleevi wrote: > I'm a little wary of introducing #1 until you know what #2 contains, > because to introduce #1, you want to have some way of building > consensus/agreement with different consumers, and that remains unspecified. It does remain unspecified... However, while

Re: Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-01-25 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/01/17 18:38, Ryan Sleevi wrote: > I'm a little wary of introducing #1 until you know what #2 contains, > because to introduce #1, you want to have some way of building > consensus/agreement with different consumers, and that remains unspecified. > Further, because of the existence of #2, it

Policy 2.4 Proposal: Codify requirements relating to Common CA Database into the policy

2017-01-24 Thread Gervase Markham
Mozilla has started using the Common CA Database to track root certificates in its root program, and the intermediate certificates which chain up to those roots. This has led to substantial changes to the practical processes that CAs must follow. In addition, it is hoped and anticipated that other