[Discussion] Ballot SMC015v2: Allow mDL for authentication of individual identity

[Stephen Davidson]

Ballot SMC015v2: Allow mDL for authentication of individual identity

Summary: 

 

This ballot introduces requirements that a CA or RA must follow to rely upon a Mobile Drivers License (mDL) to provide evidence for the authentication of individual identity.  It allows the use of mDL that conform to ISO/IEC 18013-5 and which may be verified by the CA or RA in conformance with ISO/IEC 18013-7.  The CA or RA shall only accept mDL from an Issuing Authority that is legally authorized by the relevant government or jurisdiction to issue driving licenses.

 

The draft also aligns the subsections of 3.2.4.2 (Validation of individual identity) to correspond more closely with those in 3.2.4.1 (Attribute collection of individual identity). It also includes minor editorial corrections. SMC015v2 was updated to remove an additional reference to the superceded ETSI EN 319 403.

 

This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Ben Wilson (Mozilla) and Scott Rea (eMudhra).

 

— Motion Begins —

 

This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (“S/MIME Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.0.12.

 

MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:

 

https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/be9a18ab2b48eb0cbff41d3a268202f700c06c05...dbf61ec60f495871e755f1652bbd86178d5d53f0

 

— Motion Ends —

 

This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:

 

Discussion (at least 7 days)

 

• Start time: February 11, 2026 at 18:30:00 UTC
• End time: February 18, 2026 at 18:30:00 UTC

 

[Stephen Davidson]

Voting for Approval

·       Start time: February 18, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

·       End time: September 25, 2025 at 20:00:00 UTC

 

[Michael Guenther]

[Stefan Selbitschka]

rundQuadrat votes "yes" on SMC015v2

regards
stefan


On 2/18/26 20:54, 'Stephen Davidson' via S/MIME Certificate WG - Public (CA/B Forum) wrote:
> *Ballot SMC015v2: Allow mDL for authentication of individual identity*
>
>
> *Summary: *
>
> **

>
> This ballot introduces requirements that a CA or RA must follow to rely upon a Mobile Drivers
> License (mDL) to provide evidence for the authentication of individual identity.  It allows the use
> of mDL that conform to ISO/IEC 18013-5 and which may be verified by the CA or RA in conformance with
> ISO/IEC 18013-7.  The CA or RA shall only accept mDL from an Issuing Authority that is legally
> authorized by the relevant government or jurisdiction to issue driving licenses.
>
> The draft also aligns the subsections of 3.2.4.2 (Validation of individual identity) to correspond
> more closely with those in 3.2.4.1 (Attribute collection of individual identity). It also includes
> minor editorial corrections. SMC015v2 was updated to remove an additional reference to the
> superceded ETSI EN 319 403.
>
> This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Ben Wilson (Mozilla) and
> Scott Rea (eMudhra).
>
> — Motion Begins —
>
> This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted
> S/MIME Certificates” (“S/MIME Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.0.12.
>
> MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline:
>
> https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/

> be9a18ab2b48eb0cbff41d3a268202f700c06c05...dbf61ec60f495871e755f1652bbd86178d5d53f0<https://
> github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/
> be9a18ab2b48eb0cbff41d3a268202f700c06c05...dbf61ec60f495871e755f1652bbd86178d5d53f0>

>
> — Motion Ends —
>
> This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as
> follows:
>

> *Discussion (at least 7 days)*
>
> * Start time: February 11, 2026 at 18:30:00 UTC
> * End time: February 18, 2026 at 18:30:00 UTC
>
> *Voting for Approval*
>
> ·Start time: February 18, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

>
> ·End time: September 25, 2025 at 20:00:00 UTC
>

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[Pedro FUENTES]

OISTE Votes Yes to SMC015v2

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[Kateryna Aleksieieva]

Hi,

There is a typo in the voting end date, it is set to September 2025 instead of February 2026.

 

Kind regards,
Kateryna Aleksieieva

?      Start time: February 18, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

?      End time: September 25, 2025 at 20:00:00 UTC

[Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)]

HARICA votes "yes" to ballot SMC015v2.

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[Ben Wilson]

Mozilla votes "yes" for Ballot SMC-015v2.

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[Scott Rea]

eMudhra Votes Yes on Ballot SMC015v2

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[Tom Zermeno]

SSL.com votes “Yes” on SMC-015v2.

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[蔡家宏(chtsai)]

TWCA  votes "yes" for Ballot SMC-015v2.

 

 

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[Stephen Davidson]

For the sake of clarity, the close date for SMC015 is as follows:

 

Voting for Approval

·       Start time: February 18, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

·       End time: February 26, 2025 at 20:00:00 UTC

 

 

From: 'Stephen Davidson' via S/MIME Certificate WG - Public (CA/B Forum) <smcwg-...@groups.cabforum.org>

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[Stephen Davidson]

Thanks for the corrections; suffering eyes.

Voting for Approval

·       Start time: February 18, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

·       End time: February 26, 2026 at 20:00:00 UTC

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[Marco Schambach]

IdenTrust votes “Yes” on Ballot SMC015v2

 

Marco S.

TrustID Program Manager

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[Tim Huff]

Microsoft votes “Yes” on SMC-015v2.

 

Tim

 

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[Ashish Dhiman]

GlobalSign Votes Yes

 

Ashish

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[Ruiter, Albert de]

Logius Approves in favor for this Ballot.

 

Kind regards,

 

Albert de Ruiter

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Logius

 

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[Tim Hollebeek]

DigiCert votes YES on SMC-015 v2.

-Tim

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[Dustin Hollenback]

Apple votes “Yes” on ballot SMC-015v2.

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[大野 文彰]

SECOM Trust Systems votes YES on Ballot SMC015v2.

 

Best regards,

 

ONO Fumiaki / 大野 文彰

(Japanese name order: family name first, in uppercase)

SECOM Trust Systems CO., LTD.

 

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[Nome Huang]

TrustAsia votes "yes" on SMC015v2

[Alvin Wang]

SHECA votes "yes" for Ballot SMC015v2.

Alvin.Wang
Thanks!

[Lahtiharju, Pekka]

 

Telia Company votes “Yes” on ballot SMC-015v2.

 

Pekka

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[Kateryna Aleksieieva]

Certum votes YES on Ballot SMC015v2

 

Kind regards,
Kateryna Aleksieieva

 

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[Henschel, Andreas]

D-Trust votes YES on Ballot SMC015v2.

 

Andreas

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[Inigo Barreira]

Sectigo votes yes

 

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[Stephen Davidson]

The voting period for SMC015v2: Allow mDL for Authentication of Individual Identity has completed. The ballot has: PASSED

Voting Results

Certificate Issuers
17 votes in total:
 * 17 voting YES: Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum), DigiCert, D-TRUST, eMudhra, GlobalSign, HARICA, IdenTrust, Logius PKIoverheid, OISTE Foundation, SECOM Trust Systems, Sectigo, SHECA, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TrustAsia, TWCA
 * 0 voting NO:
 * 0 ABSTAIN:

Certificate Consumers
4 votes in total:
 * 4 voting YES: Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, rundQuadrat
 * 0 voting NO:
 * 0 ABSTAIN:

Bylaws Requirements

1. Bylaw 2.3(6) requires:
 * In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favor of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
 * At least fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Consumer category must be in favor of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
 * At least one (1) Voting Member in each category must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was MET.
2. Bylaw 2.3(7) requires:
 * A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Voting Members has participated. The number of currently active Voting Members is the average number of Voting Member organizations that have participated in the previous three (3) Forum Meetings and Forum Teleconferences.
  * the quorum was 9 for this ballot. This requirement was MET.

This ballot now enters the IP Rights Review Period to permit members to review the ballot for relevant IP rights issues. This will be notified in a separate email.

 

[Stephen Davidson]

NOTICE OF REVIEW PERIOD

This Review Notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.1 of the CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy (v1.3). This Review Period of 30 days is for one Final Maintenance Guidelines. The complete Draft Maintenance Guideline that is the subject of this Review Notice is attached to this email, both in red-line and changes-accepted draft format.

Summary of Review
Ballot for Review: Ballot SMC015v2: Allow mDL for authentication of individual identity

Start of Review Period: 2026-02-25 22:00:00 UTC
End of Review Period: 2026-03-27 22:00:00 UTC

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[Stephen Davidson]

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