See BR 1.5.2.  CAs are already required to have contact information in their 
CPS.

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On Behalf Of David E. Ross via dev-security-policy
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Subject: Re: CA Problem Reporting Mechanisms

On 8/7/2017 8:09 PM, Jonathan Rudenberg wrote:
> 
>> On May 17, 2017, at 07:24, Gervase Markham via dev-security-policy 
>> <dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 16/05/17 02:26, userwithuid wrote:
>>> After skimming the responses and checking a few CAs, I'm starting to
>>> wonder: Wouldn't it be easier to just add another mandatory field to 
>>> the CCADB (e..g. "revocation contact"), requiring $URL or $EMAIL via 
>>> policy and just use that to provide a public list?
>>
>> Well, such contacts are normally per CA rather than per root. I guess 
>> we could add it on the CA's entry.
> 
> I've been reporting a fair amount of misissuance this week, and the responses 
> to the Problem Reporting question in the April CA communication leave a lot 
> to be desired. Several CAs do not have any contact details at all, and others 
> require filling forms with captchas.
> 
> I think it'd be very useful if CAs were required maintain a problem reporting 
> email address and keep it current in the CCADB, this requirement could go in 
> the Mozilla Root Store policy or the CCADB policy. If they want to also 
> maintain other modes of contact, they can but no matter what an email address 
> should be required.
> 
> Jonathan
> 

I think that a public point of contact for a certification authority was a 
requirement under Mozilla's policy.  I cannot find such a requirement now 
unless the Baseline Requirements, which are included by reference in Mozilla's 
policy, require it.

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President Trump demands loyalty to himself from Republican members of Congress. 
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