Internet Engineering Task Force
<networking, standard, body> (IETF) The IETF is a large, open international community of network designers, operators, vendors and researchers whose purpose is to coordinate the operation, management and evolution of the
Internet and to resolve short- and mid-range
protocol and architectural issues.
It is a major source of proposals for
protocol standards which are submitted to the
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) for final approval.
The IETF meets three times a year and extensive minutes are included in the IETF Proceedings.
The IETF Secretariat, run by The Corporation for National Research Initiatives with funding from the US government, maintains an index of Internet-Drafts whereas
RFCs are maintained by The
Internet Architecture Board.
Home (http://www.ietf.org).
