Internet Engineering Task Force — открытое международное сообщество проектировщиков, учёных и сетевых операторов, созданное Советом по архитектуре Интернета (IAB) в 1986 году и занимающееся развитием протоколов и архитектуры Интернета.

No Internet without the IETF:

* The Domain Name System: The system that allows humans to name the various resources on the Internet.
* The Internet Addressing and Routing Systems: The systems that allow us to address all machines attached to the Internet and make information packets flow between them across the Internet.
* Real-Time Application Protocols: Technologies that changed the way we communicate through voice, video, and messaging.
* Various Security Mechanisms: Protocols that allow encrypted, secure, and privacy-sensitive exchange of information in email, web-browsing, Internet telephony, etc.

Happy 30th Birthday to the IETF!

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