Internet Engineering Task Force
ietf.org
Imported from official source
Internet standards body; RFCs and protocol work.
Publications 26
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New features for RFC-Editor.org
New features implemented on RFC-Editor.org aim to make the site more useful and engaging for RFC consumers.
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IETF email infrastructure transition completed on 11 September
A transition to a new modern, modular, and containerized infrastructure for email services provided for ietf.org, iab.org, irtf.org, rfc-editor.org (including email lists) was completed on 11 Septe...
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Survey to gather input on ISE selection criteria
The Independent Series Editor (ISE) selection criteria survey is live and we welcome your input on the capabilities and expectations the IAB should consider when selecting a future ISE. Please resp...
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IETF 126 Highlights
The IETF 126 meeting was held 18–24 July 2026 at the Hilton Vienna Park in Vienna, Austria, and online, hosted by Cisco. The week included the IETF Hackathon and Code Sprint, the New Participants' ...
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Post-Quantum Authentication: Up Next
Post-quantum key establishment has moved from standards into deployment. Post-quantum authentication has not moved nearly as far, and specification work is no longer the only constraint. The IAB is...
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IETF 126 post-meeting survey: what we heard
The IETF 126 Vienna meeting was held 18-24 July 2026 and the results of the post-meeting survey are now available.
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Meet our new IETF NOC Lead
Joe Clarke has been appointed as the new IETF Network Operations Center (NOC) Lead and in this post Joe introduces himself and sets out his priorities for the IETF Network.
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Secretariat restructuring and staffing update
There have been a few changes in IETF Administration LLC staffing since January of this year (2026) including the recent insourcing of the Secretariat, which are summarised here to give an overall ...
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IETF Community Survey 2025
The IETF Community Survey provides a comprehensive assessment of community demographics, engagement patterns, and perceptions of organizational effectiveness. Read the full findings below.
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Birds of a Feather at IETF 126
The IETF 126 Vienna meeting takes place 18–24 July 2026. As at every IETF meeting, alongside the established Working Groups there will be a handful of Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions—and these ar...
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From Lab to RFC: A PhD Student's Journey through the IETF
Martine Sophie Lenders has been regularly participating in the IETF for over a decade, starting with the IETF 93 meeting in Prague in 2015. She has authored several Internet-Drafts—two of which rec...
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Suggested IETF 126 Sessions for Getting Familiar with New Topics
These IETF 126 meeting sessions are likely to include discussions and proposals that are accessible to a broad range of Internet technologists whether they are new to the IETF or long-time particip...
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IETF LLC Board Retreat 2026
The IETF Administration LLC Board of Directors held its annual retreat 29-30 April 2026 in Amsterdam. In addition to all Board members, the IETF Executive Director, the Director of Finance, and the...
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IETF Administration LLC 2025 Annual Financial Audit
IETF Administration LLC Board of Directors received from external auditors the report of a clean result for its 2025 annual financial statement.
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New RFC Editor website is live
Today we are launching the new rfc-editor.org website, the most visible part of a comprehensive overhaul of the tools that support editing and publishing RFCs.
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IETF 125 Highlights
More than 1500 participants gathered in Shenzhen and online for the IETF 125 meeting 14-20 March 2026 for more than 100 working sessions, an IETF Hackathon, and more.
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Report from the 2026 RPC Retreat
The RFC Production Center (RPC) retreat was a two-day strategic planning session taking place the week of April 20 that gathered the entire RPC team and IETF Administration senior staff.
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A new suite of modern tools coming for editing and publishing RFCs
After a number of years of work, the initial rollout of a modern suite of tools for editing and publishing RFCs, including an entirely new rfc-editor.org website, will take place in May 2026.
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IETF Snapshot 2025
Want to catch up on IETF activity in 2025? How many RFCs were published? How many Internet-Drafts were submitted? How many Working Groups were chartered or concluded? The latest edition of the IETF...
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IETF 125 post-meeting survey
The IETF 125 Shenzhen meeting was held 14-20 March 2026 and the results of the post-meeting survey are now available.
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IETF Secretariat continues under new approach
As of 1 April 2026, the IETF Secretariat function will be staffed through an Employer of Record (EOR) arrangement rather than a service contract awarded through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process...
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Suggested IETF 125 Sessions for Getting Familiar with New Topics
These IETF 125 meeting sessions are likely to include discussions and proposals that are accessible to a broad range of Internet technologists whether they are new to the IETF or long-time particip...
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The current state of RDAP
The IETF ratified the specifications for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) a decade ago, in March 2015, with the clear intent of replacing the aging WHOIS protocol.
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IETF Administration LLC 2026 Budget
The IETF Administration LLC has finalised its budget for 2026.
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Agentic AI communications: Identifying the standards we need
When it comes to standards work around agentic AI, we’re at an exciting threshold. As more tools emerge, we’re seeing the amazing things it can accomplish. Now, we’re trying to figure out what part...
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IETF@40
Forty years ago today, 21 people gathered in San Diego, California for the first meeting of what became the Internet Engineering Task Force.
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