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| website        = [http://www.ietf.org/ IETF.org]

| website        = [http://www.ietf.org/ IETF.org]

| keypeople      = [[Russ Housley]], Chair

| keypeople      = [[Alissa Cooper]], Chair

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The '''Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)''' is an open, international community made-up of operators, designers and researchers; their main concern is the development of the Internet's architecture as well as the development of Internet standards.<ref>[http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IETF.html IETF definition]</ref> It is a part of [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF.org]</ref>

The '''Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)''' is an open, international community made-up of operators, designers and researchers; their main concern is the development of the Internet's architecture as well as the development of Internet standards.<ref>[http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IETF.html IETF definition]</ref> It is a part of [[ISOC]].<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF.org]</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>

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>

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>

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>  

 

 

==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>

==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>

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>

! Area !! Area Director(s)

| [[Applications and Real-Time Area]] (art) || [[Murray Kucherawy]], [[Barry Leiba]]

| [[General Area]] (gen) || [[Alissa Cooper]]

| [[Internet Area]] (int) || [[Erik Kline]], [[Éric Vyncke]]

| [[Operations and Management Area]] (ops) || [[Warren Kumari]], [[Robert Wilton]]

| [[Routing Area]] (rtg) || [[Deborah Brungard]], [[Alvaro Retana]], [[Martin Vigoureux]]

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| [[Security Area]] (sec) || [[Roman Danyliw]], [[Benjamin Kaduk]]

==References==

==References==