IETF-WORKING-GROUPS

IETF Working Groups RFC development.

Definition

IETF Areas + Working Groups structure: Applications Area (HTTPBIS HTTP, OAUTH OAuth, JOSE JSON cryptography, ACME ACME), General Area (consensus building), Internet Area (6MAN IPv6, DHC DHCP), Operations Area (DNSOP DNS Operations, SUIT Software Update IoT), Routing Area (BGP, IS-IS, BMP), Security Area (TLS, IPSECME, COSE, OAUTH, KITTEN), Transport Area (QUIC, TLSWG-LS, TSVWG). RFC process: Internet-Draft (-00, -01, ... last call) -> IESG Approval -> RFC publication via RFC Editor. ~50 RFCs published/year. IETF meetings 3x/year (~1500-2000 participants).

Origin

IETF created 1986 by US government ARPA contractors (Steve Crocker initial chair) ; rebranded parent organisation IETF Administration LLC 2018 ; ~10000 active participants 2024.

Example in context

IETF QUIC WG published RFC 9000 QUIC Transport Protocol May 2021 ; HTTP/3 (RFC 9114) based on QUIC published June 2022 ; deployed by Google, Cloudflare, Meta serving ~30% Web traffic in 2024.

Related terms

• IETF — parent organisation.