Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the leading Internet standards body. It develops open standards through open processes with one goal in mind: to make the Internet work better.
What are IETF documents?
The IETF’s official products are documents, published free of charge as RFCs. As well as producing RFCs, the IETF is a forum where network operators, hardware and software implementers, and researchers talk to each other to ensure that future protocols, standards and products will be even better.
How does the IETF work?
The IETF community works mostly online, guided by the informal principle: “we believe in rough consensus and running code”. The IETF’s mission is to make the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.
How often does the IETF meet face to face?
three times a year
IETF face-to-face meetings are not like these. The meetings, held three times a year, are week-long gatherings whose primary goal is to reinvigorate the WGs to get their tasks done, and whose secondary goal is to promote a fair amount of mixing between the WGs and the Areas.
What is the IETF working on?
Automated network management The IETF is working on standards for automated network management which, as the name implies, aims to improve and make more efficient management of networks as they continue to increase in size and complexity.
What is the difference between IETF Trust and IESG?
In December 2005 the IETF Trust was established to manage the copyrighted materials produced by the IETF. The Internet Engineering Steering Group ( IESG) is a body composed of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) chair and area directors.
Is there a distinction between obsolete and deprecated documents in IETF?
A distinction between obsolete and deprecated documents is not currently made in the IETF. The main document defining the IETF standards process is “The Internet Standards Process — Revision 3” [ RFC2026 ]. Numerous documents have amended RFC2026, and some these have been amended or replaced in their turn.
Is there an anti-harassment policy for the IETF?
Since much of the work in the IETF is conducted on mailing lists, a number of RFCs address that context. The anti-harassment policy is described in the IESG’s Statement in RFC 8716, “Update to the IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures for the Replacement of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) with the IETF Administration LLC”
