Ballot 168 – Baseline Requirement Corrections – revised

Ballot overview

• Ballot 168, Baseline Requirement Corrections – revised, proposed a set of corrections and clarifications to the Baseline Requirements.
• The motion states that, effective the date of passage, the listed modifications are adopted.
• The ballot page says voting on Ballot 168 has now closed and the ballot passes, unanimously.
• The chair requests the editor make the ballot updates to the canonical versions of the documents.

What the ballot changes

• Updates definitions in Section 1.6.1, including Applicant Representative, Country, and Terms of Use.
• Replaces RFC2560 with RFC6960 in Section 1.6.3 and Section 4.9.9.
• Replaces X.509v3 with the X.509 recommendation citation in Section 1.6.3.
• Moves content from Section 3.3.1 to Section 4.2.1 and leaves Section 3.3.1 blank.
• Adds CA before Private Key in Sections 5.2.2 and 6.2.
• Adds without authorization by the Subscriber in Section 6.1.2.
• Updates the citation in Section 6.1.6.
• Adds without authorization by the Subordinate CA in Section 6.2.5.
• Revises organizationName requirements in Sections 7.1.2.1(e) and 7.1.2.2(h).
• Changes the cA field text in Section 7.1.2.3(d).
• Corrects Subordiate to Subordinate in the title of 7.1.6.3.
• Revises Section 9.6.1 item 6, Section 9.6.3, and Section 9.6.3 item 2.
• Replaces Subscriber or Terms of Use Agreement with Subscriber Agreement or Terms of Use in several sections.

Timing stated in the ballot page

• Review period: 1740 UTC on 26 April 2016 through 2200 UTC on 3 May 2016.
• Voting period: starts immediately after the review period and closes at 2200 UTC on 10 May 2016.

Outcome

• The ballot passed unanimously.
• The evidence does not state any IPR exclusion notices.
• The motion says the changes are effective the date of passage.