Internet-Drafts (I-Ds)

Internet-Drafts are working documents of the IETF, its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts.

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-Drafts directory. This makes an evolving working document readily available to a wide audience, facilitating the process of review and revision.

Internet-Drafts have no formal status, and are subject to change or removal at any time; therefore they should not be cited or quoted in any formal document.

Search For a Current Internet-Draft

Internet-Drafts and RFCs Search (Datatracker)

Internet-Drafts can also be retrieved from mirror sites using ftp. If you wish to use rsync to check the contents of the Internet-Drafts directory, then click here.

Internet Draft Signatures

On November 8th, the Secretariat will start digitally signing Internet-Drafts.  They are generally signed within a week of submission, following the specification in RFC 5485.

If you wish to learn more about validating the signature on an Internet-Draft, see our Internet Draft Signature information page.


Submit an Internet-Draft

The following links provide information on submitting an Internet Draft to the IETF.

Note Well  |  Guidelines  |  I-D Checklist  |  xml2rfc   |  Submission Tool  |  ID-Nits Tool

 

Questions on Internet-Drafts not answered here should be sent to the Internet-Drafts Administrator.