Ballot 76 – Public Review of Network Security Controls

Ballot overview

• Ballot 76 is titled Public Review of Network Security Controls.
• The motion says the CAB Forum members drafted Network Security Requirements dated May 14, 2012, to set a baseline level of network security for all certification authorities that operate or manage a root certificate embedded as a trust anchor in publicly distributed browser software.
• The ballot page labels the ballot as Passed.

Public review and voting timeline

• The ballot review period comes into effect at 2100 UTC on 29 May 2012 and closes at 2100 UTC on 5 June 2012.
• Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period starts immediately thereafter and closes at 2100 UTC on 12 June 2012.
• The motion asks the web master to post the Network Security Requirements dated May 14 2012 and a notice that public comments will be accepted until June 22, 2012.

Scope of the requirements

• The requirements apply to all certification authorities that operate or manage a root certificate embedded as a trust anchor in publicly distributed browser software.
• The ballot text also says the public comment period is for gathering questions from the Mozilla security-policy mailing list and the CAB Forum questions email list.

Dates

• Discussion start: 2012-05-29
• Discussion end: 2012-06-05
• Voting end: 2012-06-12
• Effective date: 2012-05-14

Notes

• The evidence does not provide a separate voting start date beyond the statement that voting starts immediately after the review period closes.
• The ballot page does not provide an IPR end date.