Ryan,

Both Gerv and I posted follow up questions almost two weeks ago.  I
know you have been busy with CT days.  When do you expect to have
answers available?

Thanks,
Peter

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:01 AM, Gervase Markham via
dev-security-policy <dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> On 09/02/17 19:55, Ryan Hurst wrote:
>> - The EV OID associated with this permission is associated with GlobalSign 
>> and not Google and,
>
> Which EV OID are you referring to, precisely?
>
>> - GlobalSign is active member in good standing with the respective root 
>> programs and,
>> - Google will not be issuing EV SSL certificates,
>> - Google will operate these roots under their own CP/CPS’s and associated 
>> OIDs,
>> - Google issuing a certificate with the GlobalSign OIDs would qualify as 
>> miss-issuance.
>>
>> That it would be acceptable for us not to undergo a EV SSL audit,
>> and that GlobalSign could keep the EV right for the associated subordinate
>> CA for the remaining validity period to facilitate the transition
>> (assuming continued compliance).
>
> Just to be clear: GlobalSign continues to operate at least one subCA
> under a root which Google has purchased, and that root is EV-enabled,
> and the sub-CA continues to do EV issuance (and is audited as such) but
> the root is no longer EV audited, and nor is the rest of the hierarchy?
>
>> When looking at this issue it is important to keep in mind Google has
>> operated a WebTrust audited subordinate CA under Symantec for quite a
>> long time. As part of this they have maintained audited facilities,
>> and procedures appropriate for offline key management, CRL/OCSP
>> generation, and other related activities. Based on this, and the
>> timing of both our audit, and key transfer all parties concluded it
>> would be sufficient to have the auditors provide an opinion letter
>> about the transfer of the keys and have those keys covered by the
>> subsequent annual audit.
>
> Can you tell us what the planned start/end dates for the audit period of
> that annual audit are/will be?
>
> Are the Google roots and/or the GlobalSign-acquired roots currently
> issuing EE certificates? Were they issuing certificates between 11th
> August 2016 and 8th December 2016?
>
> Gerv
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