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Ballot-134 passed

Ballot 134 – Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificates

Server Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Effective date
16 Oct 2014 11 years ago
Voting opened
09 Oct 2014 11 years ago
Voting closed
16 Oct 2014 11 years ago
Discussion opened
02 Oct 2014 11 years ago
Discussion closed
09 Oct 2014 11 years ago

AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:34 UTC

Ballot overview

  • Ballot 134, Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificates, was a Server Certificate Working Group ballot.
  • The ballot addressed how pre-certificates used for Certificate Transparency relate to the Baseline Requirements’ RFC 5280 requirements.

What the ballot changed

  • The ballot amended Appendix B of the Baseline Requirements to clarify that a precertificate described in RFC 6962 is not considered a certificate subject to RFC 5280 under the Baseline Requirements.
  • It also stated that Appendix B specifies additional requirements for certificate content and extensions for certificates generated after the Effective Date.
  • The motion text said the change was effective immediately.

Ballot timing

  • The review period was scheduled to start at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 2 October 2014 and close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 9 October 2014.
  • The voting period was scheduled to start immediately after the review period and close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 16 October 2014.
  • Voting on the ballot closed on 16 October 2014.

Outcome

  • The ballot page states that the Chair received yes votes from multiple members, one member voted no, several abstained, and therefore Ballot 134 passed.
  • The page does not mention any IPR exclusion notices.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.98 Result: passed
Effective date
2014-10-16
Voting opened
2014-10-09
Voting closed
2014-10-16
Discussion opened
2014-10-02
Discussion closed
2014-10-09
Applicability and conditions

2014-10-16 — Apply the amended Appendix B requirements to certificates generated after this date Certificates generated after the Effective Date

2014-10-16 — Treat such precertificates as not being certificates subject to RFC 5280 under the Baseline Requirements Precertificates described in RFC 6962 under the Baseline Requirements

AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.

Excerpt

SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot 134 – Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificatesBallot 134 – Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificatesBallot 134 – Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificates Voting on Ballot 134 – Application of RFC 5280 to Pre-certificates closed on 16 October 2014.

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