IETF 102 Montreal

More than 1000 leading technologists are expected to gather on 14-20 July to collaborate on technologies that make the Internet work better.

Get more information and register today

Understanding our documents

  • Internet-Drafts
  • Request for Comments (RFCs)
  • Working Groups

Internet-Drafts

Internet-Drafts are working documents of the IETF, its areas, and its working groups. During the development of a specification, draft versions of the document are made available for informal review and comment by placing them in the IETF's Internet-Draft format.

Request for Comments (RFCs)

The IETF publishes RFCs authored by network operators, engineers and computer scientists to document methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the Internet.

Working groups

Working Groups are the primary mechanism for development of IETF specifications and guidelines. Working Groups are typically created to address a specific problem or to produce one or more specific deliverables (a guideline, standards specification, etc.).

  • Featured Working Group

    QUIC

    The QUIC working group will provide a standards-track specification for a UDP-based, stream-multiplexing, encrypted transport protocol, based on pre-standardization implementation and deployment ...

    quic active quic@ietf.org

Upcoming events

  • Montreal skyline

    IETF 102 Montreal

    IETF 102 starts Saturday 14 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 20 July.

    Montreal, Canada
  • Bangkok 2

    IETF 103 Bangkok

    IETF 103 starts Saturday 3 November and runs through Friday afternoon, 9 November.

    Bangkok, Thailand
All events

What's new?

  • IASA2 Working Group Chartered

    The IETF has chartered a new working group to document changes to its administrative arrangements.

    25 Apr 2018
  • Remembering Bob Braden

    I am writing to share the sad news that Bob Braden has passed away. Bob's contributions to the development of the Internet were extensive.

    19 Apr 2018
All news

Search the IETF email archive

Much of the daily work of the IETF is conducted on electronic mailing lists. A new mail archive tool realizing the requirements developed in RFC 6778 is now in use:

Register for IETF 102 in Montreal!

Join the IETF community as it creates the technologies that power the Internet.

Register Here!