Internet Engineering Task Force: Difference between revisions

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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>

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> 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>

==IETF History==

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==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) 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> Current working groups are listed on the [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker].<ref>[https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker]</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>~~

{| class="wikitable"

! 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]]

|-

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

|-

| Transport Area (tsv) || [[Martin Duke]], [[Magnus Westerlund]]

|}

==References==

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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>
-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> 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>
 ==IETF History==
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 ==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) 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> Current working groups are listed on the [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker].<ref>[https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker]</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>
+{| class="wikitable"
+! 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]]
+|-
+| Security Area (sec) || [[Roman Danyliw]], [[Benjamin Kaduk]]
+|-
+| Transport Area (tsv) || [[Martin Duke]], [[Magnus Westerlund]]
+|}
 ==References==