Apple votes Yes on Forum-14 v2.
> On Jun 8, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Tim Hollebeek via Public <public@cabforum.org> > wrote: > > The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed by > Wayne Thayer of Mozilla and Clint Wilson of Apple. > > Ballot Forum-14: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group > > Purpose of the Ballot > > The CA/Browser Forum 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 Charter, with the Charter as > described here > (https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/6e0b8e61590164eb2d686ddcf266b189f46fc636...e6ad111f4477010cbff409cd939c5ac1c7c85ccc > > <https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/6e0b8e61590164eb2d686ddcf266b189f46fc636...e6ad111f4477010cbff409cd939c5ac1c7c85ccc>). > > > — MOTION ENDS— > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > Discussion (7+ days) > > Start Time: 2020-06-01 16:40:00 EDT > > End Time: after 2020-06-08 16:40:00 EDT > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > Start Time: 2020-06-08 16:50:00 EDT > > End Time: 2020-06-15 16:50:00 EDT > > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org <mailto:Public@cabforum.org> > https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public > <https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public>
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Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
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