Internet Engineering Task Force

The Internet Engineering Task Force, or IETF, is the main organization that researches and promotes new Internet standards. It is an open volunteer organization.^[1]

A Request for Comments, or RFC, is a document from the IETF. These are divided into several categories: Informational, Historical, and Standard-track. Only Standard-track are Internet Standards.

References

↑ "Internet Engineering Task Force", Scott Bradner, Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, O'Reilly, 1st Edition, January 1999, ISBN 1-56592-582-3. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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[Bradner-January1999-1] "Internet Engineering Task Force", Scott Bradner, Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, O'Reilly, 1st Edition, January 1999, ISBN 1-56592-582-3. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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