Ballot 156 – Amend Sections 1 and 2 of Baseline Requirements

Ballot overview

• Ballot 156 amends Sections 1 and 2 of the Baseline Requirements.
• The ballot passed with 19 yes, 0 no, and 1 abstention in the CA category, and 1 yes, 0 no, and 0 abstentions in the browser category.
• The page states that the ballot passes.

Proposed changes

• Section 1.1: add a second sentence under Notice to Readers stating that the document serves two purposes: to specify Baseline Requirements and to provide guidance and requirements for what a CA should include in its CPS.
• Section 1.4.2: add No stipulation.
• Section 1.5.2: add contact information for the CA/Browser Forum and require the CA to provide a link to a web page or an email address for contacting the person or persons responsible for operation of the CA.
• Section 1.5.3: add No stipulation.
• Section 1.5.4: add No stipulation.
• Section 2.3: require the CA to develop, implement, enforce, and annually update a Certificate Policy and/or Certification Practices Statement describing in detail how the CA implements the latest version of the Requirements.
• Section 2.4: require the CA to make its Repository publicly available in a read-only manner.

Timing and compliance

• The review period ran from 19 November 2015 at 2100 UTC to 26 November 2015 at 2100 UTC.
• The voting period ran from 26 November 2015 at 2100 UTC to 3 December 2015 at 2100 UTC.
• The ballot states the changes are effective immediately.
• CAs are allowed one year after adoption, i.e. 3 December 2016, to comply with the amendment to the Baseline Requirements.