Ballot 127 – Verification of Agency in EV Guidelines 11.7.2 (passes)

Ballot overview

• Ballot 127 concerns verification of agency in EV Guidelines section 11.7.2.
• The ballot page states that Ballot 127 passes.
• The ballot was discussed previously by the EV Working Group and by the group in attendance at the face-to-face in Eilat.

What changes

• The motion amends subsection 11.7.2(2)(A) of the EV Guidelines.
• The existing method allowed the CA to verify agency by contacting the Applicant’s Human Resources Department.
• The proposed change expands this method so the CA may contact the Applicant by phone or mail at the phone number or address for the Applicant, obtained and verified in accordance with section 11.4.1 or 11.4.2, and obtain confirmation that the Contract Signer and/or Certificate Approver is an employee.
• The ballot text says the proposed modification is intended to address cases where employment verification through HR does not work smoothly, including outsourced HR and situations where HR refuses to answer without procedural steps.

Voting and adoption

• The review period was scheduled to commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday, July 3, 2014, and close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, July 10, 2014.
• The voting period was scheduled to start immediately thereafter and close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, July 17, 2014.
• The ballot page states there were Yes votes from Actalis, Buypass, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, WoSign, and Mozilla.
• The page states there were no Nay votes and no Abstentions, and therefore Ballot 127 passes.

Resulting document

• Version 1.4.9 of the EV Guidelines is identified as the adopted version for Ballot 127.
• The PDF states that version 1.4.9 represents the Extended Validation Guidelines as adopted by the CA/Browser Forum as of Ballot 127, passed by the Forum on 17 July 2014.