Purpose of the Ballot
This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management
of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.4 in order to clarify
language regarding Signing Service and signing requests. The main goals of this
ballot are to:
1. Clarify the Signing Service definition and the expected deployment model.
2. Remove requirements for signing request.
3. Change text so Signing Service is not categorized as a Delegated Third
Party.
4. Not allow Signing Service to transport Private Key to Subscriber.
5. Ensure Network Security Requirements are applicable to Signing Service.
6. State audit requirements for Signing Service.
The following motion has been proposed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and endorsed
by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and Ian McMillan.
MOTION BEGINS
This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management
of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates” ("Code Signing Baseline
Requirements") based on version 3.4. MODIFY the Code Signing Baseline
Requirements as specified in the following redline:
https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/e0da5532ab81e35e2e92536c1bc9ea3c36765b26..1a134a77e74fb93ca2581d288e5a82859d6e8f88
MOTION ENDS
The procedure for this ballot is as follows: Discussion (minimum 7 days)
* Start Time: 2023-12-15 00:00 UTC
* End Time: Not before 2024-01-05 20:00 UTC
Vote for approval (7 days)
* Start Time: TBD
* End Time: TBD
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