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Ballot SMC01 – Adopt S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0

S/MIME Certificate Working Group

Key dates

Effective date
01 Sep 2023 2 years ago
Voting opened
25 Oct 2022 3 years ago
Voting closed
01 Nov 2022 3 years ago
IPR review ends
01 Jan 2023 3 years ago
Discussion opened
14 Oct 2022 3 years ago
Discussion closed
21 Oct 2022 3 years ago

AI Summary

Generated 2026-06-23 21:42 UTC

Ballot overview

  • Ballot SMC01 adopts S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0 for publicly-trusted S/MIME certificates.
  • The ballot was proposed as a Final Guideline and includes requirements for email address control verification, identity validation for natural persons and legal entities, key management and certificate lifecycle, certificate profiles, and CA operational and audit practices.
  • The ballot identifies an S/MIME Certificate by the presence of the id-kp-emailProtection EKU and either a rfc822Name or an otherName of type id-on-SmtpUTF8Mailbox in subjectAltName.

Voting and adoption

  • The voting period for SMC01v3 completed and the ballot passed.
  • Voting results met the bylaws requirements for Certificate Issuers, Certificate Consumers, and quorum.
  • The page states that no IPR Exclusion Notices were filed.
  • The ballot is adopted as of January 01, 2023.

Effective date

  • The S/MIME Baseline Requirements become effective on September 01, 2023.
  • The SMCWG Chair or Vice-Chair is permitted to update the Relevant Dates and Version Number to reflect final dates.

Process dates

  • Discussion period: Start Time 14 October 2022 18:00 UTC; End Time not before 21 October 2022 18:00 UTC.
  • Vote for approval: Start Time 25 October 2022, 14:00 UTC; End Time 1 November 2022, 14:00 UTC.
  • IP Rights Review Period: 60 days; ends at 2359 UTC on January 1, 2023.
Model: gpt-5.4-mini Confidence: 0.98 Result: passed
Effective date
2023-09-01
Voting opened
2022-10-25
Voting closed
2022-11-01
IPR review ends
2023-01-01
Discussion opened
2022-10-14
Discussion closed
2022-10-21
Applicability and conditions

2023-09-01 — CAs issuing publicly-trusted S/MIME certificates must comply with the adopted S/MIME Baseline Requirements S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0 for publicly-trusted S/MIME certificates

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

Vote result

Certificate Issuers 19 yes 3 no 0 abstain
Certificate Consumers 4 yes 0 no 0 abstain

CABF ballot approval depends on both voting classes; CA votes alone are not decisive.

23 Yes
3 No
0 Abstain

88% yes · 12% no

Proposers

Stephen Davidson of DigiCert and endorsed by Martijn Katerbarg of Sectigo and Ben Wilson of Mozilla.

Excerpt

SearchHome » All CA/Browser Forum Posts » Ballot SMC01 – Adopt S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0Ballot SMC01 – Adopt S/MIME Baseline Requirements v1.0.0The Intellectual Property Review (IPR) period for Ballot SMC-001 (Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates) has completed. No IPR Exclusion Notices were filed, and the ballot is adopted as of January 01, 2023. The S/MIME BR become effective on September 01, 2023.

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