IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. The IETF Mission Statement is documented in RFC 3935.
The actual technical work of the IETF is done in its working groups, which are organized by topic into several areas (e.g., routing, transport, security, etc.). Much of the work is handled via mailing lists. The IETF holds meetings three times per year.
Details of the IETF's meetings are available here: Past Meetings of the IETF
68th IETF |
Prague, Czech Republic March 2007 |
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67th IETF |
San Diego, USA November 2006 |
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66th IETF |
Montreal, Canada July 2006 |
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64th IETF |
Vancouver, Canada November 2005 |
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63rd IETF |
Paris, France August 2005 |
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62nd IETF |
Minneapolis, USA March 2005 |
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58th IETF |
Minneapolis, USA November 2003 |
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57th IETF |
Vienna, Austria July 2003 |
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56th IETF |
San Francisco, USA March 2003 |
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55th IETF |
Atlanta, USA November 2002 |
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54th IETF |
Yokohama, Japan July 2002 |
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53rd IETF |
Minneapolis, USA March 2002 |
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52nd IETF |
Salt Lake City, USA December 2001 |
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51st IETF |
London, England August 2001 |
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50th IETF |
Minneapolis, USA March 2001 |
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49th IETF |
San Diego, USA December 2000 |
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47th IETF |
Adelaide, Australia March 2000 |
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46th IETF |
Washington D.C., USA November 1999 |
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45th IETF |
Oslo, Norway July 1999 |
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44th IETF |
Minneapolis, USA March 1999 |
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43rd IETF |
Orlando, USA December 1998 |
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42nd IETF |
Chicago, USA August 1998 |