Purpose of Ballot SC-071
This ballot proposes updates to the Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and
Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates related to Subscriber Agreements
and Terms of Use. It combines the requirements for both into only the
Subscriber Agreement and clarifies the requirement language. It removes the
requirement and reference to "Terms of Use".
Notes:
* This removes any ambiguity to ensure that there is no
requirement that the Subscriber Agreement be legally enforceable when the CA
and Subscriber are affiliated.
* This updates definitions for "Subscriber" and "Subscriber
Agreement" and removes the definition for "Terms of Use" as these separate
concepts are creating unnecessary work for CAs and Subscribers without adding
any value when separated.
* While drafting this ballot, there were concerns raised related
to "Applicant" and "Applicant Representative". These definitions were
intentionally not modified in this ballot as they will require more discussion
after we implement the change to Subscriber Agreement and removal of Terms of
Use.
* As observed with other ballots in the past, minor administrative
updates must be made to the proposed ballot text before publication such that
the appropriate Version # and Change History are accurately represented (e.g.,
to indicate these changes will be represented in Version 2.0.3).
* This ballot does not modify the "Guidelines for the Issuance and
Management of Extended Validation Certificates". More work will be made to that
document after changes are finalized in this one.
The following motion has been proposed by Dustin Hollenback of Microsoft, and
endorsed by Tadahiko Ito of SECOM and Ben Wilson of Mozilla.
- Motion Begins -
This ballot modifies the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management
of Publicly-Trusted Certificates" ("Baseline Requirements"), based on Version
2.0.2.
MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:
Here is a link to the GitHub redline:
https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/41f01640748fa612386f8b1a3031cd1bff3d4f35...1a33a904c9f7d8c9d42289f2f458358551db9f2f<https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/41f01640748fa612386f8b1a3031cd1bff3d4f35...1a33a904c9f7d8c9d42289f2f458358551d>
- Motion Ends -
This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval
of this ballot is as follows:
Discussion (7+ days)
* Start time: 2024-04-12 01:00:00 UTC
* End time: 2024-04-20 01:00:00 UTC
Vote for approval (7 days)
* Start time: XXXX-XX-XX 22:00:00 UTC
* End time: XXXX-XX-XX 22:00:00 UTC
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