Draft SMCWG agenda - Wednesday, October 08, 2025

[Stephen Davidson]

S/MIME Certificate Working Group 

Draft SMCWG agenda - Wednesday, October 08, 2025 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

    * September 10

    * September 24

 

4.           Review Agenda 

5.           Membership applications:

    *  BuyPass change in status

 

6.           Discussion

 

    * Topic 1: SMC014 - DNSSEC for CAA currently in IPR

    * Topic 2:  Personal Name in CN vs split in givenName and surname

The Legacy generation profiles allowed the Personal Name to be displayed as provided by an Enterprise RA.  The Multipurpose and Strict profiles require the givenName and surname to be split into the respective attributes. This has been an obstacle for many orgs who do not have directories that match that pattern.  Is there rationale to restore the original allowance?

 

* Topic 3: Pseudonym - https://github.com/srdavidson/smime/blob/Pseudo/SBR.md

Section 3.1.3 uniqueness of pseudonym.

 

* Topic 3: F2F agenda

 

7.           Ballot Status Updates

    *  In Development:  Pseudonym, mDL

    *  In Discussion Period: NA

    *  In Voting Period: NA

    *  Under IPR Review: SMC014: DNSSEC for CAA (until October 10)

    *  Approved and Effective: SMC013 PQC for S/MIME (as of August 22)

 

8.           Next meeting: October 17, 2025 at Warsaw F2F. 

 

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.