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IETF 126 Vienna in review
Complete recordings and all the material from every session at the IETF 126 Vienna meeting on 18-24 July 2026 are available on demand now.
Upcoming events
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IETF 127 San Francisco
IETF 127 starts Saturday 14 November and runs through Friday afternoon, 20 November.
San Francisco, California -
IETF 128 Kuala Lumpur
IETF 128 starts Saturday 6 March and runs through Friday afternoon, 12 March 2027.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
What's new?
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IETF email infrastructure transition planned for 11 September
A transition to a new modern, modular, and containerized infrastructure for email services provided for ietf.org, iab.org, irtf.org, rfc-editor.org (including email lists) is scheduled for 11 September 2026 starting at 2200UTC, with message delivery delayed up to 60 minutes. Further updates will be provided closer to the transition.
28 Aug 2026 -
Post-Quantum Authentication: Up Next
Post-quantum key establishment has moved from standards into deployment. Post-quantum authentication has not moved nearly as far, and specification work is no longer the only constraint. The IAB is holding a workshop in Prague on 11 and 12 October 2026 to bring deployment experience together with the people working on the relevant protocols and standards.
27 Aug 2026
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:
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Next IETF Meeting
Stay tuned for the latest information on the next IETF meeting scheduled for 14-20 November.
Visit the IETF 127 San Francisco meeting webpage