Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-12 Thread Neil Dunbar via Public
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

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-10 Thread Tim Hollebeek via Public
; Clint Wilson Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group Ryan - Thank you for pointing out the past discussions. it's unfortunate that this ballot has lingered for so long and as a result it's possible that some of your feedback from a year ago

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-10 Thread Tim Hollebeek via Public
) ; CABforum1 Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group Thanks Dimitris. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 11:09 PM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public mailto:public@cabforum.org> > wrote: Tim, Wayne, Adriano, Apple made a contri

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-07 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
The intent, stated in London, Cupertino, and Shanghai, is that much like other Subject information in leaf certificates does not have explicit guidelines (other than the CA validates), that the same approach would be valid for S/MIME On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:46 AM Adriano Santoni via Public <

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Adriano Santoni via Public
I would still prefer identity information (natural person or legal entity, or both: natural person affiliated to a legal entity) to be expressly included in the WG scope since the beginning. Of course this makes the WG task (that of producing "S/MIME baseline requirements") harder and longer,

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 2:37 PM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) < dzach...@harica.gr> wrote: > > This was not raised as an issue when the code signing WG was created. > That doesn't mean it's not an issue? It just means y'all may not have had folks review it closely? > During the kick-off

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public
On 2020-02-06 9:25 μ.μ., Ryan Sleevi via Public wrote: [...]  * Regarding membership, you also commented "There's also a bootstrapping issue for membership, in that until we know who the accepted Certificate Consumers are, no CA can join as a Certificate Issuer. I'm curious

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 2:05 PM Wayne Thayer wrote: > Ryan - Thank you for pointing out the past discussions. it's unfortunate > that this ballot has lingered for so long and as a result it's possible > that some of your feedback from a year ago was (unintentionally, I believe) > "ignored". In

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Wayne Thayer via Public
Ryan - Thank you for pointing out the past discussions. it's unfortunate that this ballot has lingered for so long and as a result it's possible that some of your feedback from a year ago was (unintentionally, I believe) "ignored". In reviewing [12], I observe the following: * As noted, most, but

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-06 Thread Wayne Thayer via Public
Thanks Dimitris. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 11:09 PM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public < public@cabforum.org> wrote: > Tim, Wayne, Adriano, > > Apple made a contribution and although HARICA disagrees with most of the > recommended changes I believe there should be some discussion around

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-05 Thread Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public
Tim, Wayne, Adriano, Apple made a contribution and although HARICA disagrees with most of the recommended changes I believe there should be some discussion around that. Unfortunately, although I had started working on a response, I didn't have time to complete it on time. I was hoping to see

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-05 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
Just to make sure the timing is accurate: 2018-05 - Tim Hollebeek circulates a draft charter, largely modeled after the code signing charter [1]. 2018-06 - F2F 44 provides significant discussion on this issue and the potential concerns. [2] 2018-07 - Ballot 208 [3] is finalized, which sets forth

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-05 Thread Wayne Thayer via Public
Based on my recollection of the Guangzhou discussion, and supported by the minutes, the "path forward agreed to in Guangzhou" was that we would take this charter to a ballot without further attempts to resolve the issue of including identity in the charter's scope. There does not appear to be a

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-05 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
Hi Tim, Could you point to where that's reflected in the minutes? Our understanding here at Google is that Apple's proposed changes, which we support and would be unable to participate without incorporating, is that it accurately and correctly reflects the discussions in London [1], reiterated in

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-02-05 Thread Tim Hollebeek via Public
Thanks for this, but this is fundamentally incompatible with the path forward we agreed to in Guangzhou. -Tim From: cli...@apple.com On Behalf Of Clint Wilson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 7:53 PM To: Tim Hollebeek ; CABforum1 Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-01-31 Thread Clint Wilson via Public
Hi all,I apologize for not getting this feedback in prior to the end of the Discussion period. I’ve attached a redlined document with comments and proposed changes (though I didn’t update the format to follow the template in the Bylaws). I hope this feedback can still be considered prior to the

Re: [cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-01-24 Thread Ryan Sleevi via Public
Hi Tim, Is there a reason this doesn't follow the template in Exhibit C of our Bylaws? The differences seem rather significant. On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 2:39 PM Tim Hollebeek via Public < public@cabforum.org> wrote: > > > The following ballot is proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and endorsed

[cabfpub] Ballot Forum-11: Creation of S/MIME Certificates Working Group

2020-01-24 Thread Tim Hollebeek via Public
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