Draft SMCWG agenda - Wednesday, March 25, 2026

[Stephen Davidson]

S/MIME Certificate Working Group 

Draft SMCWG agenda - Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:00 am Eastern time

 

Here is a draft agenda for the teleconference described in the subject of this message. Please review and propose changes if necessary.

 

1.           Roll Call 

2.           Note well:  Antitrust / Compliance Statement

3.           Approval of past minutes

    * February 25

4.           Review Agenda 

5.           Membership applications:

    *  NA

 

6.           Discussion

    *  SM016 moving to ballot

    *  Continuation of discussion of impacts of a proposed Root Program policy update on S/MIME.  See notes from CABF #67 Day 3 in the wiki https://wiki.cabforum.org/books/meetings/page/meeting-67-agenda.  Discussion of (1) applicability to subCAs and (2) restriction of EKU combinations.

    *  Review of draft ballot requiring step up of new subCAs using RSA keys to 3072 bit or higher and eventual cease issuance on subCAs using RSA keys smaller than 3072.  https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/be9a18ab2b48eb0cbff41d3a268202f700c06c05...a90411aa2a7d2279692c21a35597a950cc9f37c7

 

7.           Ballot Status Updates

    *  In Development:  RSA stepup to 3072

    *  In Discussion Period: Ballot SMC016: Equivalence with Ballots SC096 and SC097

    *  In Voting Period: NA

    *  Under IPR Review: until March 27, SMC015v2: Allow mDL for authentication of individual identity

    *  Approved and Effective: SMC014: DNSSEC for CAA (October 13)

 

8.           Next meeting: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 11:00 am Eastern time

9.            Any other business 

10.        Adjourn

Note well:  All participants are reminded that they must comply with the CA/Browser Forum's Bylaws, which include an antitrust policy, a code of conduct, and an intellectual property rights agreement. Please contact the Forum Chair with any comments or concerns about the Bylaws or these policies. Please note that this meeting is being recorded.