Ballot 112 – Replace Definition of “Internal Server Name” with “Internal Name”(passed)

Ballot overview

• Ballot 112 replaces the Baseline Requirements definition of Internal Server Name with Internal Name.
• The ballot also replaces Internal Server Name with Internal Name throughout the Baseline Requirements, including the table of Relevant Compliance Dates, Section 9.2.1, and Section 11.1.4.
• The page states that the ballot passed.

What changes

• Deletes the existing definition of Internal Server Name.
• Inserts a new definition for Internal Name as a string of characters, not an IP address, in a Common Name or Subject Alternative Name field of a certificate that cannot be verified as globally unique within the public DNS at the time of certificate issuance because it does not end with a Top Level Domain registered in IANA’s Root Zone Database.
• The page says the current definition of Internal Server Name is ambiguous.
• The ballot says the term is used four times in the Baseline Requirements and that those provisions set forth the program by which the CA/B Forum will sunset issuance of certificates with Internal Server Names.

Voting and timing

• The review period was scheduled to commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 20 March 2014.
• The review period was scheduled to close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 27 March 2014.
• The voting period was scheduled to start immediately thereafter.
• The voting period was scheduled to close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 3 April 2014.
• Votes in favor were listed from ANF, Buypass, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig, FirmaProfesional, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, Logius PKIoverheid, QuoVadis, Sertifitseerimiskeskus, SSC, StartCom, SwissSign, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, TURKTRUST, TAIWAN-CA, WoSign, Mozilla, and Google.
• The page states there were no abstentions or nay votes.

Compliance impact

• The ballot text says Internal Server Name is replaced with Internal Name throughout the Baseline Requirements, including the table of Relevant Compliance Dates.
• The supplied evidence does not state a separate compliance deadline beyond the ballot’s voting and review schedule.