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Ballot CSC-24 - Timestamping Private Key Protection
May 29, 2024 by Corey BonnellResults of Voting Yes No Abstain Certificate Issuers DigiCert, Entrust, Globalsign, HARICA, IdenTrust, Sectigo Certificate Consumers There were not enough Certificate Consumer votes to pass the ballot. Therefore, the ballot FAILS. Purpose of the Ballot This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 3.7 in order to clarify language regarding Timestamp Authority Private Key Protection. The main goals of this ballot are to:
2024-05-02 Minutes of the Code Signing Certificate Working Group
May 2, 2024 by Corey BonnellAttendees Andrea Holland (VikingCloud), Atsushi INABA (GlobalSign), Brian Winters (IdenTrust), Brianca Martin (Amazon), Bruce Morton (Entrust), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Dean Coclin (DigiCert), Dimitris (HARICA), Ian McMillan (Microsoft), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Janet Hines (VikingCloud), Janet Hines (VikingCloud), Marco Schambach (IdenTrust), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Mohit Kumar (GlobalSign), Rebecca Kelley (SSL.com), Richard Kisley (IBM), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.com), Tim Hollebeek (DigiCert), Wangmo Tenzing (Wangmo Tenzing) Minute-taker: Brian Winters Minutes AntiTrust Reminder read by Dean Coclin.
2024-04-25 Minutes of the Server Certificate Working Group
April 25, 2024 by Iñigo BarreiraAttendance Aaron Poulsen (Amazon Trust Services), Adam Jones (Microsoft), Andrea Holland (VikingCloud), Ben Wilson (Mozilla), Bindi Davé (DigiCert), Brianca Martin (Amazon), Chris Clements (Google Chrome), Clint Wilson (Apple), Corey Bonnell (DigiCert), Corey Rasmussen (OATI), Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA), Dong Wha Shin (MOIS), Doug Beattie (GlobalSign), Dustin Hollenback (Microsoft), Enrico Entschew (D-Trust), Gregory Tomko (GlobalSign), Inaba Atsushi (GlobalSign), Inigo Barreira (Sectigo), Jaime Hablutzel (OISTE Foundation), Janet Hines (VikingCloud), Jay Wilson (Sectigo), Johnny Reading (GoDaddy), Keshava Nagaraju (eMudhra), Kiran Tummala (Microsoft), Li-Chun Chen (Chunghwa Telecom), Lynn Jeun (Visa), Mads Henriksveen (Buypass AS), Mahua Chaudhuri (Microsoft), Marco Schambach (IdenTrust), Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo), Michael Slaughter (Amazon Trust Services), Miguel Sanchez (Google Trust Services), Mrugesh Chandarana (IdenTrust), Nargis Mannan (VikingCloud), Nate Smith (GoDaddy), Nicol So (CommScope), Nome Huang (TrustAsia), Peter Miskovic (Disig), Rollin Yu (TrustAsia), Ryan Dickson (Google Chrome), Scott Rea (eMudhra), Sissel Hoel (Buypass), Stephen Davidson (DigiCert), Steven Deitte - (GoDaddy), Tadahiko Ito (SECOM Trust Systems), Tathan Thacker (IdenTrust), Thomas Zermeno (SSL.
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The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).