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| IETF's mission is to further enhance the Internet by developing high quality, relevant technical documents that stimulate and influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF mission]</ref> | | IETF's mission is to further enhance the Internet by developing high quality, relevant technical documents that stimulate and influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF mission]</ref> |
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− | The IETF has become part of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]], which is a non-profit organization created in 1992 to ensure leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and policy. The main objective of [[ISOC]] is to ensure an open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF part of ISOC]</ref> | + | ==Position within ISOC== |
| + | The IETF has become part of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]], which is a non-profit organization created in 1992 to ensure leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and policy. The main objective of [[ISOC]] is to ensure an open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF part of ISOC]</ref> |
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| + | In 2018, the Internet Society formed a single-member LLC, [[IETF Administration LLC]],<ref>[https://ietf.org/media/documents/IETF_LLC_Certificate_of_Formation.pdf IETF LLC Certificate of Formation]</ref> to provide a corporate home and administrative support for the IETF, the [[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]], and the [[IRTF|Internet Research Task Force]].<ref>[https://ietf.org/about/administration/overview/ IETF LLC Overview on IETF.org]</ref> |
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| + | The ISOC has provided an institutional home for the IETF, but they have become increasingly independent and a clearer distribution of roles. While the IETF's remit has remained narrow, the Internet Society has greatly expanded its scope. This expansion is partially due to the creation of [[.org]]. When it was established, [[PIR]] became a subsidiary of the Internet Society, and now most of their revenue comes from .org sales. |
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| ==IETF History== | | ==IETF History== |
| The first IETF meeting took place on January 16th, 1986; 21 US researchers participated. Since 1991 IETF has held 3 meetings per year; and eventually non-governmental entities were invited to participate. During the 1990's the IETF detached itself from the US government to form an independent and international forum; it eventually defined itself as a division of [[ISOC]]. <ref>[http://www.ietf.org/25years.html IETF History]</ref> | | The first IETF meeting took place on January 16th, 1986; 21 US researchers participated. Since 1991 IETF has held 3 meetings per year; and eventually non-governmental entities were invited to participate. During the 1990's the IETF detached itself from the US government to form an independent and international forum; it eventually defined itself as a division of [[ISOC]]. <ref>[http://www.ietf.org/25years.html IETF History]</ref> |
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| + | ==IETF Relationship with ICANN== |
| + | IETF has a non-voting liaison seat on the [[ICANN Board]]. The task force is not an [[ICANN Bodies|ICANN body]]. However, it develops a good chunk of the protocols that [[ICANN]] and [[IANA]] rely on for [[DNS]] and [[IP]] Addressing matters. |
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| ==IETF Working Groups== | | ==IETF Working Groups== |
− | The work of IETF is divided between working groups, which are organized around specific topics. Participation in the working group is provided by volunteers; so when there is a small number of volunteers the results can be slowed down due to lack of progress. Similarly, when the number of volunteers is too large there can be problems since a consensus is harder to achieve. There are also cases when volunteers lack experience and basic knowledge in the specific area needed. | + | The work of IETF is divided between working groups, which are organized around specific topic areas. Each topic area is managed by an Area Director (AD), each of whom is a member of [[IESG|Internet Engineering Steering Group]]. The AD is responsible for appointing a chairperson to lead each working group, and in some cases, co-chairs.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/overview.html IETF organization]</ref> Current working groups are listed on the [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker].<ref>[https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker]</ref> Areas with currently active working groups are listed below.<ref>Current as of Dec. 30. 2020</ref> |
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− | Each working group is managed by an Area Director (AD) who are members of [[IESG|Internet Engineering Steering Group]]. The AD is responsible for appointing a chairperson to lead each working group, and in some cases, co-chairs.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/overview.html IETF organization]</ref>
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | ! Area !! Area Director(s) |
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| + | | [[Applications and Real-Time Area]] (art) || [[Murray Kucherawy]], [[Barry Leiba]] |
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| + | | [[General Area]] (gen) || [[Alissa Cooper]] |
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| + | | [[Internet Area]] (int) || [[Erik Kline]], [[Éric Vyncke]] |
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| + | | [[Operations and Management Area]] (ops) || [[Warren Kumari]], [[Robert Wilton]] |
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| + | | [[Routing Area]] (rtg) || [[Deborah Brungard]], [[Alvaro Retana]], [[Martin Vigoureux]] |
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| + | | [[Security Area]] (sec) || [[Roman Danyliw]], [[Benjamin Kaduk]] |
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| + | | [[Transport Area]] (tsv) || [[Martin Duke]], [[Magnus Westerlund]] |
| + | |} |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |