SC-050 passed

Ballot SC050: Remove the requirements of section 4.1.1

Server Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Effective date: 23 Dec 2021 4 years ago
Voting opened: 11 Nov 2021 4 years ago
Voting closed: 18 Nov 2021 4 years ago
IPR review ends: 23 Dec 2021 4 years ago
Discussion opened: 28 Oct 2021 4 years ago
Discussion closed: 04 Nov 2021 4 years ago

Resources

⎇ GitHub diff https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cda0f92ee70121fd5d692685b97ebb6669c74fb7..8b2681c3f93bbc9fbe83ab9d67999629db630e94 https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/cda0f92ee70121fd5d692685b97ebb6669c74fb7..8b2681c3f93bbc9fbe83ab9d67999629db630e94

AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:43 UTC

Ballot overview

Ballot SC050 removed the requirements of section 4.1.1 in the Baseline Requirements.
The redline replaced the section text with No stipulation.
The ballot was proposed as a Final Maintenance Guideline.

Voting results

Certificate Issuers: 24 yes votes, 0 no votes, 0 abstentions.
Certificate Consumers: 5 yes votes, 0 no votes, 0 abstentions.
The bylaw requirements for Certificate Issuers and Certificate Consumers were met.
The quorum requirement was met.

Timing

Discussion period: October 28 16:00 UTC to November 4 16:00 UTC.
Vote period: November 11 17:00 UTC to November 18 17:00 UTC.
The ballot entered IP Rights Review on 22 November 2021 and exited review on 23 December 2021.
No IP Rights exclusions were filed during the review period.
The ballot was published as Baseline Requirements version 1.8.1.

Effect

The ballot became effective on 23 December 2021.
The change applies to the Baseline Requirements section 4.1.1 as modified by the ballot redline.

Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.99 Result: passed

Effective date: 2021-12-23
Voting opened: 2021-11-11
Voting closed: 2021-11-18
IPR review ends: 2021-12-23
Discussion opened: 2021-10-28
Discussion closed: 2021-11-04

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

Proposers

Clint Wilson of Apple and endorsed by Trevoli Ponds-White of Amazon and Dustin Hollenback of Microsoft.

Excerpt

SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot SC050: Remove the requirements of section 4.1.1Ballot SC050: Remove the requirements of section 4.1.1Voting Results Certificate Issuers 24 votes total, with no abstentions:

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