## Minutes of SMCWG


February 28, 2024, F2F #61



These are the Approved Minutes of the meeting described in the subject of this 
message. Corrections and clarifications where needed are encouraged by reply.



## Attendees (physical and online)



Aaron Poulsen - (Amazon), Abhishek Bhat  - (eMudhra), Adam Jones - (Microsoft), 
Adrian Mueller - (SwissSign), Adriano Santoni - (Actalis S.p.A.), Andrea 
Holland - (VikingCloud), Andres Henschel - (D-TRUST), Antti Backman - (Telia 
Company), Arno Fiedler - (ETSI), Arnold Essing - (Telekom Security), Arvid 
Vermote - (GlobalSign), Ashish Dhiman - (GlobalSign), Ben Wilson - (Mozilla), 
Bilal Ashraf - (SSL.com), Brittany Randall - (GoDaddy), Bruce Morton - 
(Entrust), Christophe Bonjean - (GlobalSign), Clint Wilson - (Apple), Corey 
Bonnell - (DigiCert), Dave Chin - (CPA Canada/WebTrust), Dean Coclin - 
(DigiCert), Dimitris Zacharopoulos - (HARICA), Enrico Entschew - (D-TRUST), Eva 
Vansteenberge - (GlobalSign), Fumi Yoneda - (Japan Registry Services), Hogeun 
Yoo - (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Inaba Atsushi - (GlobalSign), Inigo 
Barreira - (Sectigo), Jeremy Rowley - (DigiCert), Jos Purvis - (Fastly), Jozef 
Nigut - (Disig), Kateryna Aleksieieva - (Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum)), 
Keshava Nagaraju - (eMudhra), Leo Grove - (SSL.com), Li-Chun Chen - (Chunghwa 
Telecom), Mads Henriksveen - (Buypass AS), Marco Schambach - (IdenTrust), 
Martijn Katerbarg - (Sectigo), Matthias Wiedenhorst - (ACAB Council), Miguel 
Sanchez - (Google), Mike Kushner - (KeyFactor), Mrugesh Chandarana - 
(IdenTrust), Nargis Mannan - (VikingCloud), Nate Smith - (GoDaddy), Naveen 
Kumar - (eMudhra), Nicol So - (CommScope), Nome Huang - (TrustAsia), Paul van 
Brouwershaven - (Entrust), Peter Miskovic - (Disig), Raffaela Achermann - 
(SwissSign), RIch Smith - (DigiCert), Rollin Yu - (TrustAsia), Roman Fischer - 
(SwissSign), Sandy Balzer - (SwissSign), Scott Rea - (eMudhra), Sissel Hoel - 
(Buypass AS), Sooyoung Eo - (NAVER Cloud Trust Services), Star Simmons - 
(GoDaddy), Stephen Davidson - (DigiCert), Sven Rajala -(KeyFactor), Tadahiko 
Ito - (SECOM Trust Systems), Thomas Zermeno - (SSL.com), Tim Callan - 
(Sectigo), Tim Hollebeek - (DigiCert), Trevoli Ponds-White - (Amazon), 
Tsung-Min Kuo - (Chunghwa Telecom), Vijayakumar (Vijay) Manjunatha - (eMudhra), 
Yaswanth  - (eMudhra)



## 1. Roll Call



The Roll Call was taken.



## 2. Read Antitrust Statement



The statement was read concerning the antitrust policy, code of conduct, and 
intellectual property rights agreement.



## 3. Review Agenda



Minutes were prepared by Stephen Davidson.



## 4. Approval of minutes from last teleconference



The minutes for the teleconference of February 14 were approved.



The membership of DiSig in the SMCWG was confirmed.



## 5. Discussion



Stephen Davidson provided an overview of recent activity at the SMCWG, which 
included passage of Ballot SMC04 (ETSI audit criteria) and Ballot SMC05 (CAA).  
The group has also expended considerable effort on a draft Ballot SMC06 which 
is largely comprised of clarifications based on feedback from implementers, 
auditors, and users of the open source pkilint linter for the S/MIME BR, see 
https://github.com/digicert/pkilint<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/digicert/pkilint___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo4ZGI0OWI4ZTJkZGI3NTE0YTliYmNjOWFmNjc3NDc4Yjo2OmZjMDk6Zjk5YWVjZWM3YjA0ZTE2Mzk1ZDM4ZjBmYWEyZDljZjQ3NmM3M2U1ZjgyZDY2OTI4M2UzZmIyNWM1NjllZWJkNzpoOkY>.



Key Transparency Workshop

Stephen proposed holding a workshop at #62 F2F to discuss Key Transparency 
(KT).  KT addresses key discovery and key history, two of the biggest issues in 
S/MIME deployments.  See 
https://github.com/google/keytransparency/blob/master/docs/overview.md<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/google/keytransparency/blob/master/docs/overview.md___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo4ZGI0OWI4ZTJkZGI3NTE0YTliYmNjOWFmNjc3NDc4Yjo2OmM2ODY6YzE3ZGNmMTYzMzRkNmNiYmUxOTNkN2VlNDI0YjE4NzI5ZTE5NmViN2YwNmI0OGMxMzhkNDBiYzE1OTc4NDQ0MzpoOkY>.
  Large examples exist in messaging such as by Whatsapp, Signal, KeyBase, and 
Apple.  ProtonMail has a pilot for webmail:  
https://proton.me/support/key-transparency<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/proton.me/support/key-transparency___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo4ZGI0OWI4ZTJkZGI3NTE0YTliYmNjOWFmNjc3NDc4Yjo2OmM3NTc6NzU2OTUxYjA2YjVlY2I0YTNjZDQ0ZTdjYmU5Yjk2YjE2ZWNkMDlkNGQzODk2MjAwZTFhM2MzZjViZDhmNTNkODpoOkY>



As cloud service providers are now the dominant mode for email services, both 
personal and enterprise, Key Transparency becomes a possible enhancement for 
S/MIME certificates providing better discovery and lifecycle support.  Paul van 
Brouwershaven asked if this was within scope of the WG; Stephen argued that it 
fit within the charter focus on key management and certificate lifecycle; Clint 
Wilson agreed. Stephen said we had an opportunity to have "right people in the 
room" to advance the topic.  Tim Hollebeek noted that in the past invited 
guests were required to sign the IP agreement.  It was agreed to move ahead, 
with Stephen to request a suitable time bloc on the agenda.



Draft Ballot SMC06

Stephen walked through the text changes of Draft Ballot SMC06 which will be 
taken to vote soon.  The text is can be reviewed at 
https://github.com/srdavidson/smime/compare/ed36440d7c967732aa08739b14cc29bed257a67d...345a2358e1c6960bf3dcfc0ca5d400096ba59267<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/srdavidson/smime/compare/ed36440d7c967732aa08739b14cc29bed257a67d...345a2358e1c6960bf3dcfc0ca5d400096ba59267___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo4ZGI0OWI4ZTJkZGI3NTE0YTliYmNjOWFmNjc3NDc4Yjo2OjM2YzE6NWUzODM1OWI5ZjIxM2IyMDk5YjlhZTVjMTE1MzU2Njk4MWViZDkyZmFlNDE2YWQwZmY3OTZkODZjMTFmMzRkZDpoOkY>.
  He encouraged members to use the Issues list at 
https://github.com/cabforum/smime/issues<https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/smime/issues___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo4ZGI0OWI4ZTJkZGI3NTE0YTliYmNjOWFmNjc3NDc4Yjo2OjIwM2I6ZmYyOWVhMDNiZDIxMDQ0ZWJjMzQxZGIyMWUwZDM1MGM3YWQxZjJlNGViNThjNmZlYThhZjU0MjA5YWZjNTZkMDpoOkY>
 to submit topics for consideration.



Roadmap

The WG reviewed topics for consideration in the coming months.  He noted there 
was an outstanding question regarding allowing the subject:country to differ 
from the country in the organizationIdentifier, which is not allowed in the 
S/MIME BR but is allowed in the EVG.  Stephen noted, and Clint concurred, that 
the WG needed to address the deprecation of Legacy profiles, identifying (and 
fixing where possible) obstacles to migration and setting a deprecation date, 
even it was a distance into the future.  The issue of polling WG members of 
their profile use, within the byelaws, was raised.



Stephen noted other topics for longer term discussion including consideration 
of possible new methods for vetting and email control, such as the use of DNS 
for Sponsor-validated approvals, and the use of OAuth for authentication.



And finally, the WG discussed the desire of bringing forward a ballot to 
evaluate a e-signature scheme in line with 3.2.4.1 (4)(b).  He suggested that 
eIDAS was a suitable framework to start with.  He also noted that the text for 
3.2.4.1 (3) should be reviewed in light oft he recently passed changes to 
eIDAS2 bringing forth the EUDI Wallet.  He asked CAs/TSPs with experience in 
this area to step forward.



## 6. Any Other Business



None



## 7. Next call



Next call: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 11:00 am Eastern Time



## Adjourned





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