Feel free to bring it up, but I still oppose it for all the reasons we discussed when we had this discussion the last time. Adding more mandatory details to the ballot process is not progress. We need to get back to improving the requirements, and not spending so much time on bylaws and administrivia. It’s already too hard for people not intimately familiar with the forum and ballot process to write ballots. Adding this would just make it even worse.
Instead of that, let’s discuss Pedro’s ballot, whether it’s a good idea, and how we get it or something else across the finish line, if it is. -Tim From: Dimitris Zacharopoulos <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2024 12:21 AM To: Tim Hollebeek <[email protected]> Cc: Pedro FUENTES <[email protected]>; Inigo Barreira <[email protected]>; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected]>; Bruce Morton <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL]-Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot Tim, For conflicting sections in multiple simultaneous ballots, this is what we've done historically and consistently. You are correct that the Bylaws use a "may" but I strongly recommended using the existing practice, otherwise the outcome is uncertain and risky. In fact, I would suggest we make this mandatory at the next Bylaws update. I will bring it up for discussion separately from this thread. Thanks, DZ. Jan 19, 2024 23:57:14 Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >: Note that the language says “may”. Summarizing that as “needs to” is incorrect. It is intentionally weak, to avoid putting a burden on ballot proposers to completely and exhaustively specify their ballot’s interaction with another ballot they don’t control. The only requirement is to name and link to ballots that amends the same section (to help avoid merge errors). All of the stuff around holding and sequencing ballots, and describing possible deconfliction strategies, is useful and important stuff we do to keep the Forum working smoothly, and I would highly encourage people to pay close attention to those sorts of things, but we need to be clear on what actually are minimum requirements and what aren’t, because I don’t want to interfere with or unduly burden the rights of members to call for a proposed ballot at any time. -Tim From: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 2:00 PM To: Pedro FUENTES <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Inigo Barreira <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Bruce Morton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL]-Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot Hi Pedro, If the proposed ballot interacts with sections that are modified by an existing ballot, the second ballot proposer needs to describe what will the possible results of that section look like, basically by writing down the expected language if the first ballot passes or fails. Bylaws section 2.4 (10): If a ballot is proposed to amend the same section of the Final Guidelines or the Final Maintenance Guidelines as one or more previous ballot(s) that has/have not yet been finally approved, the newly proposed ballot must include information about, and a link to, any such previous ballot(s), and may include provisions to avoid any conflicts relating to such previous ballots. I hope this helps. Dimitris. On 19/1/2024 2:34 μ.μ., Pedro FUENTES wrote: Hello, I’d like to know how this would interact with the change proposed by Dimitris for the VATEL thing. In my case I did put on hold my own proposed change (regulation of use of QGIS for organization validation) until the doc was in RFC format, and I wonder if we should do the same for other proposed changes, as I guess the order of the ballots is important here. Best, Pedro On 19 Jan 2024, at 13:27, Inigo Barreira via Servercert-wg <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, As per yesterday´s SCWG call, I´ve also updated the BRs with the new section numbers of the EVG. Only 2 sections have been affected and therefore updated. Section 3.2.2.4.7 EVG 11.14.3 --> 3.2.2.14.3 Section 7.1.2.7.5 EVG 9.2 --> 7.1.4.2 You can find all the information in the PR 440, <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_pull_440_commits&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=4yDjCByZihcF66OPg0-LImW7hEJ3BRBPpguv_Dh5h0I&e=> EVGs based on RFC3647 by barrini · Pull Request #440 · cabforum/servercert (github.com) First, I had to update the current version of the BRs I was working with (2.0.0) to the current one (2.0.2) and then make the changes to the newest one. Regards De: Inigo Barreira <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Enviado el: viernes, 15 de diciembre de 2023 12:42 Para: Inigo Barreira <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Bruce Morton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Asunto: RE: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot Hi everyone As per last week discussion during the SCWG, we agreed to follow section 6 of the RFC 3647 for the new EVG format. With that in mind, I´ve updated the correspondent PR (#440) to reflect it that way, so: * Changed section 1.1 name from scope to overview * Created a new section 3.2.1 for possession of the private key * Moved all the other stuff of the old section 11 to a “new” section 3.2.2 for organization identity. * Also created the remaining ones, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, etc. * Update section 8 removing section 8.1 and renumbering the others and putting the self audits under 8.1 and leaving section 8.7 for readiness audits because don´t know where it can fit better (this section does not exist in RFC 3647 section 6) * Checked all links In any case, see the comparison here: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_compare_90a98dc7c1131eaab01af411968aa7330d315b9b...238ff99fbe04f2aa24f2c58910d8133f2283f11e&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=Fkxi2puIea-XluHGWRpA2fMQdGTdESWl6jTcxt-Mh2I&e=> Comparing 90a98dc7c1131eaab01af411968aa7330d315b9b...238ff99fbe04f2aa24f2c58910d8133f2283f11e · cabforum/servercert (github.com) If you´re ok with this change, we can move forward a propose the ballot for which I´ll need 2 endorsers. Regards De: Servercert-wg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > En nombre de Inigo Barreira via Servercert-wg Enviado el: jueves, 7 de diciembre de 2023 13:08 Para: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Bruce Morton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Asunto: Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi there, See the comparing one. <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_compare_90a98dc7c1131eaab01af411968aa7330d315b9b...13b4f85a494fefa52510512a2fb3c4d7c77a7a36&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=SAlnT_XxVC5MVdb-AWK-2-2ft5iK_-91Uh8zev3Au44&e=> Comparing 90a98dc7c1131eaab01af411968aa7330d315b9b...13b4f85a494fefa52510512a2fb3c4d7c77a7a36 · cabforum/servercert (github.com) Regards De: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Enviado el: lunes, 4 de diciembre de 2023 22:18 Para: Bruce Morton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Inigo Barreira <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Asunto: Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On 4/12/2023 9:22 μ.μ., Bruce Morton wrote: I thought an intriguing promise of doing documents in Github and in the same format is that we would see the requirements in the same section, which would allow for better management. Also, the proposal Paul brought forward for the BR of BRs would work much better if we use the same sections. I guess I am encouraging the move of EV from a non-standard format to a sort of standard RFC 3647 format would be to help provide document alignment. +1 to Dimitris original suggestion. * https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/main...importEVG <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_code-2Dsigning_compare_main...importEVG&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=IH-hz12ss4KJRRKpXUPs_ykN-ftU1yP8_QWnqFumUpE&e=> This is currently WIP, maintaining the numbering of RFC 3647 section 6, and moving the EV Guidelines sections referenced by the CSBRs into new sections. We've done these conversions in the past and they worked pretty well, leading to consistently structured policy documents across the ecosystem. It's not perfect but it tries to move requirements to where RFC 3647 and the BRs expect them to be. For example, section 11.14 of the EV Guidelines talks about re-use of existing documentation which fits into section 4.2.1 of the BRs. Thanks, Dimitris. Thanks, Bruce. From: Servercert-wg <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Inigo Barreira via Servercert-wg Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 2:15 PM To: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Tim Hollebeek <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Cc: CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot Dimitris, I think that we should focus on the EVG not on the CP/CPS. The CA´s CP/CPS will have that 3. 2. 1 section because it´s in the TLS BRs but that does not mean that the EVG must have also that section 3. 2. 1 (BTW, the section exist in the Dimitris, I think that we should focus on the EVG not on the CP/CPS. The CA´s CP/CPS will have that 3.2.1 section because it´s in the TLS BRs but that does not mean that the EVG must have also that section 3.2.1 (BTW, the section exist in the TLS BRs but with no content). At the end of the day, every CA issuing TLS certs will have to follow the TLS BRs and EVGs and then accommodate their CP/CPSes according to both documents. I understand your point to be stricter in the implementation of that specific point but for every CA to change/update their current CP/CPS with the new EVG in the RFC 3647 format, would find it easier to where to make those changes/adjustments in their own CP/CPS if we can convert easily the current section 11 into 3.2 and not to start looking into different numbers to make that change. Regards De: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Enviado el: lunes, 4 de diciembre de 2023 20:02 Para: Tim Hollebeek <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Inigo Barreira <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > CC: CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Asunto: Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. FWIW, there are informational RFCs that include SHOULD requirements (I didn't check for other informational RFCs that might contain SHALL requirements). Take a look at RFC 8894 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_datatracker.ietf.org_doc_html_rfc8894-5F-5F-3B-21-21FJ-2DY8qCqXTj2-21cDhQeVwolbnJ6hdDSRwEKs2w1lDqgYkiUHc4ApuZ3kUIV3BDxbQ0XAAIsJDbSWbqRevehayXBz-5Foc-2DH9s1zZDBI0YJAc7w-24&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=eZUOnibdXAEm7TArY-4NlpNDvdpq2qrcI6Os5GzWvtY&e=> . I agree that there seems to be some ambiguity in the REQUIRED CP/CPS structure but the entire reasoning behind using the "RFC 3647 format" was to align CP and CPS documents so that comparisons can be made across different CAs. If one CA reads that they must follow a 2-level structure based on section 4, and another CA reads that they must follow the structure of section 6 of the RFC, we're not meeting the goal for alignment and easy comparisons. Digicert's CPS seems to follow the structure of section 6 of RFC 3647. Has anyone spotted a CPS claiming compliance with the TLS BRs that is not following the section 6 structure of 3647? If all existing public CAs follow the structure of section 6 of 3647 in their CP/CPS documents, we can just clarify that the expectation is what Ben mentioned in https://github.com/BenWilson-Mozilla/pkipolicy/commit/1a94642cb95017cf382e4e93811db16a2342a806, so that we address this ambiguity. We probably don't even need an effective date if it causes no issue on existing CAs. My point is that if we leave this open to interpretation, we can't compare CP/CPS sections across multiple CAs efficiently, and this defeats the whole purpose of the requirement to structure CP/CPS documents according to RFC 3647. We might as well abandon the idea of converting the EV Guidelines into that format. I believe that the intent has always been to enforce a "stricter" alignment. But if indeed there are deviations, I'd support some stricter language to align CP/CPS documents according to section 6 of RFC 3647 even with a future effective date :) Dimitris. On 4/12/2023 7:27 μ.μ., Tim Hollebeek wrote: Yeah, the fact that the section 6 outline goes deeper than the actual described format in section 4 is annoying, and you’re right, it’s probably the source of these disagreements. I always look at section 4, because it has the actual guidance about what sort of information should be considered for inclusion. This is what happens when people try to turn informational documents into normative requirements. You have to try to interpret what phrases like “are strongly advised to adhere”, which isn’t even a RFC 2119 SHOULD. And it can’t even be a SHOULD, because as an informational RFC, it is prohibited from having requirements, even SHOULDs! That’s why it’s written that way. Also, informational RFCs are not examined as closely for inconsistencies (because there are no requirements!) which is how divergences like section 4 vs 6 happen. It wasn’t intended to be used as a compliance document. I still think what Inigo did is perfectly fine, although there are lots of other perfectly fine solutions, too. What we need to be discussing is what’s best for us, not RFC 3647 requires, because RFC 3647 has infinite leeway. As Aaron and I have been pointing out, you’ll find lots of divergences at level three, and there’s even lots of additional content in level two, just because a lot of newer content doesn’t really have a good fit in RFC 3647. Now, that said, we might want to be more strict in the future, and if we choose to do so, we can be. I just don’t want people overstating what the rules actually are, because a lot of people’s time has been wasted enforcing RFC 3647 in a way that is far stricter than was ever intended (one of the reasons I’m so vocal on this issue is because I got this point of view from one of the original authors). -Tim From: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 5:26 AM To: Tim Hollebeek <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Inigo Barreira <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Cc: CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Servercert-wg] SC-065: Convert EVGs into RFC 3647 format pre-ballot We still have a disagreement so please allow me one more attempt to clarify my position because it seems you didn't check the links included in my previous post. I will copy some of that text here for convenience. On 1/12/2023 11:31 μ.μ., Tim Hollebeek wrote: … I think I might have a hint on our disconnect. RFC 3647 has an indicative Table of Contents in Chapter 6 (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3647#section-6 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_datatracker.ietf.org_doc_html_rfc3647-2Asection-2D6-5F-5F-3BIw-21-21FJ-2DY8qCqXTj2-21cDhQeVwolbnJ6hdDSRwEKs2w1lDqgYkiUHc4ApuZ3kUIV3BDxbQ0XAAIsJDbSWbqRevehayXBz-5Foc-2DH9s1zZDBKp-5FQdGmg-24&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=cp3VExDM2DhLCKZSB-C46rsVM45LgWuB6qsMlwtjSHY&e=> ) outlining the proposed CP/CPS sections and subsections using 3 levels. Here is the text of the opening paragraph of that section (emphasis added): … The reason the CA/B Forum BRs were structured according to this outline was to assist with comparisons between CP/CPS documents of different CAs, making the review of these documents easier. That's why you see sections like 1.5.4 "CPS approval procedures" in the BRs as an empty section with "No Stipulation". There are many such sections in the BRs, all coming from section 6 of RFC 3647. I hope this is clearer now. … During the last couple of years reviewing CP/CPS documents, I saw some uniformity at least in Publicly Trusted CAs, and they all seem to follow the BRs structure which comes from the outline of section 6 of RFC 3647. However, it's not a bad idea to further clarify BR section 2.2 to better meet the expectations. … To my point, BR 3.2.1 IS an RFC 3647 required section as it is explicitly mentioned in the outline of section 6 of RFC 3647: … Details about the contents of that section can be found in the first bullet of section 4.3.2 of RFC 3647 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_datatracker.ietf.org_doc_html_rfc3647-2Asection-2D4.3.2-5F-5F-3BIw-21-21FJ-2DY8qCqXTj2-21cDhQeVwolbnJ6hdDSRwEKs2w1lDqgYkiUHc4ApuZ3kUIV3BDxbQ0XAAIsJDbSWbqRevehayXBz-5Foc-2DH9s1zZDBIL19sP-5Fw-24&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=wsg-TdwvnM_b-Pg3U1XTwuszyojufD0lb45hNqvXdBXdCbT5NwVJ3w_4u0QY-JUd&s=VVgYrcQHYItvxshaRW05i_oEkdLisu_m-OdTzlBeXn8&e=> . Does that make more sense? 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