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SC-038 failed

Ballot SC038: Alignment of Record Archival

Server Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Voting opened
09 Dec 2020 5 years ago
Voting closed
16 Dec 2020 5 years ago
Discussion opened
09 Dec 2020 5 years ago
Discussion closed
16 Dec 2020 5 years ago

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AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:23 UTC

Ballot overview

  • Ballot SC038, Alignment of Record Archival, proposed changing Baseline Requirements Section 5.5.2.
  • The ballot text says it failed to go to a vote and failed pursuant to the Bylaws.
  • The stated purpose was to resolve a conflict between record retention requirements in Sections 5.4.3 and 5.5.2.

Proposed change

  • The ballot would have changed the archive retention period in Section 5.5.2 from seven years to two years.
  • The retained materials covered documentation relating to certificate requests and verification, plus all Certificates and revocation thereof.

Procedure and dates

  • Discussion period: started 2020-12-09 17:00 UTC and was not before 2020-12-16 17:00 UTC.
  • Vote for approval: start time TBD and end time TBD.

Outcome

  • The ballot failed before a vote and did not become normative.
  • The linked redline shows the proposed wording change, but the ballot page states it failed pursuant to the Bylaws.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.99 Result: failed
Discussion opened
2020-12-09
Discussion closed
2020-12-16

AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.

Proposers

Neil Dunbar of TrustCor Systems and

Excerpt

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