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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
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.
- 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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