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Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines

Code Signing Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Voting opened
28 Jun 2016 9 years ago
Voting closed
05 Jul 2016 9 years ago
Discussion opened
21 Jun 2016 10 years ago
Discussion closed
28 Jun 2016 9 years ago

AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:27 UTC

Ballot overview

  • Ballot 172 is titled Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines.
  • The ballot proposes removing the permanentIdentifier requirement from the EV Code Signing Guidelines because it is not used by any browser or operating system.

Proposed changes

  • Effective upon the date of passage, Section 9.2.2 would be replaced with No stipulation.
  • Effective upon the date of passage, Section 9.7(B) would be removed.

Process and timing

  • The review period commenced at 2200 UTC on 21 June 2016.
  • The review period closed at 2200 UTC on 28 June 2016.
  • The voting period started immediately after the review period.
  • The voting period closed at 2200 UTC on 5 July 2016.

Outcome

  • Voting on the ballot closed.
  • The CA votes were 9 yes, 1 no, and 7 abstentions.
  • The browser votes were 1 yes, 0 no, and 0 abstentions.
  • The ballot passes.

Compliance timing

  • The motion states that the changes take effect upon the date of passage.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.98 Result: passed
Voting opened
2016-06-28
Voting closed
2016-07-05
Discussion opened
2016-06-21
Discussion closed
2016-06-28

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

Proposers

Bruce Morton of Entrust and endorsed by Rick Andrews of Symantec and Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert:

Excerpt

SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing GuidelinesBallot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing GuidelinesVoting on Ballot 172, “Removal of Permanent Identifier” has now closed. The results are as follows:

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