Ballot 167 – Baseline Requirements Corrections

Ballot overview

• Ballot 167, Baseline Requirements Corrections, proposed a set of small corrections and clarifications to the Baseline Requirements.
• The motion said the changes were intended to reflect the existing understanding of the Baseline Requirements by the Forum.
• The ballot page states that voting on Ballot 167 has closed and that the ballot fails because quorum was not met.

Proposed changes in the motion

• Update several definitions and references in Section 1.6, including Applicant Representative, Country, Terms of Use, and Subscriber.
• Replace RFC2560 with RFC6960 in multiple places and update the X.509 reference in Section 1.6.3.
• Move content from Section 3.3.1 to Section 4.2.1 and leave Section 3.3.1 blank.
• Make wording changes in Sections 4.9.9, 5.2.2, 6.1.2, 6.1.6, 6.2, 6.2.5, 7, 7.1.2.1(e), 7.1.2.2(h), 7.1.4.2, 7.1.6.3, 9.6.1, and 9.6.3.
• Add a new introduction paragraph in Section 7 requiring all Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists to comply with RFC 5280 and RFC 6818, and additionally with RFC3279, RFC4055, RFC5480, RFC5756, and RFC5758 as appropriate.
• The motion text says the changes would take effect on the date of passage.

Ballot timeline

• The review period was to commence at 2200 UTC on 7 April 2016 and close at 2200 UTC on 14 April 2016.
• If not withdrawn during review, the voting period would start immediately thereafter and close at 2200 UTC on 21 April 2016.

Outcome

• The ballot failed because quorum was not met.
• Because the ballot failed, the proposed effective date did not take effect.