Ballot 62 – Adopt Baseline Requirements Draft 50

Ballot overview

• Ballot 62 adopted Baseline Requirements Draft 50 as Version 1.0.
• The ballot page is marked Passed.
• The motion instructed the editor to restyle the draft as a Forum Guideline and post it to the cabforum.org website.

Compliance requirements

• All SSL CAs and, in particular, all member CAs were expected to implement the resulting Forum Guideline in their operating procedures by the Effective Date.
• Member browser suppliers were requested to incorporate the resulting Forum Guideline into their root-embedding program requirements as soon as practical, but not before the Effective Date.
• The WebTrust Task Force and ETSI were requested to adapt their SSL CA audit criteria to include the resulting Forum Guidelines as soon as practical, but not before the Effective Date.

Ballot timing

• The ballot review period came into effect at 2100 UTC on 8 Nov 11 and closed at 2100 UTC on 15 Nov 11.
• The voting period started immediately after the review period and closed at 2100 UTC on 22 Nov 11.

Effective date

• The motion set an Effective Date of 1 July 2012.