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Ballot 185 – Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates
Server Certificate Working Group
Key dates
- Voting opened
- 17 Feb 2017 9 years ago
- Voting closed
- 24 Feb 2017 9 years ago
- Discussion opened
- 10 Feb 2017 9 years ago
- Discussion closed
- 17 Feb 2017 9 years ago
AI Summary
Ballot overview
- Ballot 185, Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates, proposed changes to the Baseline Requirements Certificate Policy for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates and the Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Certificates.
- The motion would have set new maximum validity periods for Subscriber Certificates and EV Certificates issued on or after 24 August 2017, and different limits for certificates issued prior to that date.
Voting result
- The voting period ended on 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC.
- CA voting did not meet the required two-thirds approval threshold.
- Browser voting did not meet the required greater-than-50% approval threshold.
- The ballot failed.
Proposed certificate lifetime changes
- For Subscriber Certificates issued on or after 24 August 2017, the proposed maximum validity period was 398 days.
- For Subscriber Certificates issued prior to 24 August 2017, the proposed maximum validity period was 39 months.
- For EV Certificates issued on or after 24 August 2017, the proposed maximum validity period was 398 days.
- For EV Certificates issued prior to 24 August 2017, the proposed maximum validity period was 27 months.
- Voting opened
- 2017-02-17
- Voting closed
- 2017-02-24
- Discussion opened
- 2017-02-10
- Discussion closed
- 2017-02-17
AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.
Proposers
Ryan Sleevi of Google, Inc and
Excerpt
SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot 185 – Limiting the Lifetime of CertificatesBallot 185 – Limiting the Lifetime of CertificatesResults on Ballot 185 The voting period for Ballot 185 has ended. Here are the results.
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