Ballot SC047v2: Sunset subject:organizationalUnitName
Server Certificate Working Group
Key dates
- Effective date
- 01 Sep 2022 3 years ago
- Voting opened
- 22 Jun 2021 5 years ago
- Voting closed
- 29 Jun 2021 4 years ago
- Discussion opened
- 14 Jun 2021 5 years ago
- Discussion closed
- 21 Jun 2021 5 years ago
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AI Summary
Ballot overview
- Ballot SC047v2, Sunset subject:organizationalUnitName, passed.
- It is described as a Final Maintenance Guideline.
- Purpose: set a sunset date for subject:organizationalUnitName after earlier attempts to strengthen validation failed to gain consensus.
Voting and approval
- Certificate Issuers: 26 votes total, 25 Yes, 1 No, 0 abstentions.
- Certificate Consumers: 6 votes total, 6 Yes, 0 No, 0 abstentions.
- Bylaw 2.3(f) requirements were met for both Certificate Issuers and Certificate Consumers.
- At least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer voted in favor.
- Quorum requirement under Bylaw 2.3(g) was met; quorum was 14.
- The ballot entered the IP Rights Review Period after voting completed.
Requirements introduced
- In the Baseline Requirements, subject:organizationalUnitName is changed from Optional to Deprecated.
- It is prohibited if subject:organizationName is absent.
- It is also prohibited if the certificate is issued on or after September 1, 2022.
- In the EV Guidelines, subject:organizationalUnitName is governed by the same rule as stated in Section 7.1.4.2.2 i of the Baseline Requirements.
Timing
- Discussion period: 2021-06-14 8:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-21 8:00:00 UTC.
- Voting period: 2021-06-22 12:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-29 12:00:00 UTC.
- The ballot page states the ballot has passed and completed voting.
- The linked redline shows the prohibition date of September 1, 2022 for certificates issued on or after that date.
- Effective date
- 2022-09-01
- Voting opened
- 2021-06-22
- Voting closed
- 2021-06-29
- Discussion opened
- 2021-06-14
- Discussion closed
- 2021-06-21
2022-09-01 — subject:organizationalUnitName is prohibited in the Baseline Requirements Certificates issued on or after this date
2022-09-01 — subject:organizationalUnitName is governed by the same prohibition rule as the Baseline Requirements EV Guidelines follow Section 7.1.4.2.2 i of the Baseline Requirements
AI-generated from the CABF ballot page. The official CABF article remains the authoritative source.
Proposers
Paul van Brouwershaven of Entrust and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Chema Lopez of Firmaprofesional.
Excerpt
SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot SC047v2: Sunset subject:organizationalUnitNameBallot SC047v2: Sunset subject:organizationalUnitNameThe voting on ballot SC47v2 has completed, and the ballot has passed.