14 Facts About IETF

IETF was initially supported by the federal government of the United States but since 1993 has operated under the auspices of the Internet Society, an international non-profit organization.

The IETF operates in a bottom-up task creation mode, largely driven by these working groups.

In 1993 the IETF changed from an activity supported by the US Federal Government to an independent, international activity associated with the Internet Society, a US-based 501 organization.

IETF activities are funded by meeting fees, meeting sponsors and by the Internet Society via its organizational membership and the proceeds of the Public Interest Registry.

In December 2005 the IETF Trust was established to manage the copyrighted materials produced by the IETF.

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In January 1986, the Internet Activities Board decided to divide GADS into two entities: an Internet Architecture Task Force chaired by Mills to pursue research goals, and the IETF to handle nearer-term engineering and technology transfer issues.

The first IETF chair was Mike Corrigan, who was then the technical program manager for the Defense Data Network .

The IETF strives to hold its meetings near where most of the IETF volunteers are located.

Details of IETF operations have changed considerably as the organization has grown, but the basic mechanism remains publication of proposed specifications, development based on the proposals, review and independent testing by participants, and republication as a revised proposal, a draft proposal, or eventually as an Internet Standard.

IETF standards are developed in an open, all-inclusive process in which any interested individual can participate.

All IETF documents are freely available over the Internet and can be reproduced at will.

IETF Chairperson is selected by the Nominating Committee process for a 2-year renewable term.

The IETF is standardizing protocols for autonomic networking that enables networks to be self managing.

Several IETF working groups are developing protocols that are directly relevant to IoT.