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Ballot 185 – Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates

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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

Generated 2026-06-23 21:25 UTC

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.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.99 Result: failed
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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