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IETF Hackathons: Continually making progress

Improved planning, procedures, tools, and infrastructure helped more than 200 registered participants make progress on more than 20 projects during the latest online-only Hackathon.

Co-chair Charles Eckel shares details

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IETF 113 starts Saturday 19 March and runs through Friday afternoon, 25 March.
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IETF 114 starts Saturday 23 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 29 July.
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Internet Engineering Steering Group concludes 360-degree feedback experiment for Area Directors
The intent of this experiment was to give Area Directors (ADs) direct feedback allowing them to develop their method of working and behaviors.
29 Nov 2021
IETF 112 Hackathon: Continually making progress
The IETF 112 Hackathon held 1 - 5 November 2021 was the 5th online-only IETF Hackathon. Planning and procedures, supporting tools and infrastructure, and the skill with which we use them improve with each iteration.
22 Nov 2021

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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.).

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Featured Working Group

QUIC

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

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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.

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Featured RFC

QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport

This document defines the core of the QUIC transport protocol. QUIC provides applications with flow-controlled streams for structured communication, low-latency connection establishment, and network…

RFC 9000was: draft-ietf-quic-transport

Topics of interest

Automated network management
The IETF is working on standards for automated network management which, as the name implies, aims to improve and make more efficient management of networks as they continue to increase in size and complexity.
The Internet of Things at the IETF
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity to enable objects to exchange data with the manufacturer, operator, and/or other connected devices.
New transport technology
The development of new transport technologies in the IETF provides capabilities that improve the ability of Internet applications to send data over the Internet.