• Banishing the bane of bufferbloat

    Bufferbloat affects everyone who uses the Internet, resulting in frustratingly slow web browsing, laggy video calls, and overall poor quality of experience for Internet users and there's a lot of work underway in the IETF to address it.

    • Bjørn Ivar TeigenIETF Participant
    23 May 2023

  • IETF 116 post-meeting survey

    IETF 116 Yokohama was held 25-31 March 2023 and the results of the post-meeting survey are now available on a web-based interactive dashboard.

    • Jay DaleyIETF Executive Director
    26 Apr 2023

  • Catching up on IETF 116

    Recordings are now available for sessions held during the IETF 115 meeting and the IETF Hackathon, where more than 1500 participants gathered in London and online 5-11 November 2022.

      1 Apr 2023

    • Reducing IETF Meeting Scheduling Conflicts

      With many IETF participants active across a number of active working groups and limited time slots in an IETF meeting week, we aim to arrange sessions in the agenda to minimize conflicts that prevent participants from joining sessions that are of interest to them. In each post-meeting survey we ask meeting participants to comment on the scheduling conflicts they experienced in the meeting agenda and we then use this information to improve the meeting agenda.

      • Alexa MorrisIETF Managing Director
      31 Mar 2023

    • Messaging Layer Security: Secure and Usable End-to-End Encryption

      The IETF has approved publication of Messaging Layer Security (MLS), a new standard for end-to-end security that will make it easy for apps to provide the highest level of security to their users. End-to-end encryption is an increasingly important security feature in Internet applications. It keeps users’ information safe even if the cloud service they’re using has been breached.

      • Nick SullivanMLS Working Group Chair
      • Sean TurnerMLS Working Group Chair
      29 Mar 2023
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    Supporting diversity and inclusion at IETF meetings by providing childcare

      14 Sep 2022

      Thanks to the generous support of IETF Diversity and Inclusion sponsors, onsite childcare at an IETF meeting was provided for the first time ever during IETF 114. The successful experience and continued support of sponsors means it will again be offered at the IETF 115 meeting on 5-11 November 2022.

      A key tenet of the IETF is that the quality of the Internet’s technical standards benefits when more people can contribute expertise through open processes. With the support of IETF Diversity and Inclusion sponsors, a variety of programs, including providing childcare at IETF meetings, help realize this ideal by providing a path to sustained engagement for those who would otherwise face difficulties participating.

      While most IETF work takes place online, in-person meetings are valuable opportunities to gather with fellow contributors to make progress on current work and share innovative ideas. At IETF 114, sponsor-supported onsite childcare provided the opportunity for IETF participants to more fully engage in the meeting. And, those who participated in the program found it to be especially valuable:

      "My kids love the activities provided by excellent care takers! It's been great bringing them to a new city that we can explore together when I'm not in sessions."

      "My children have really enjoyed the childcare at IETF and having it available makes it much easier for me to attend IETF in person. Childcare is a great addition to IETF and should be publicized more in advance, so attendees know it's available."

      Thanks to continued support from Gold sponsors Akamai, Cisco and Huawei, and Bronze sponsors Comcast, Identity Digital and Verisign, onsite childcare will be available for the upcoming IETF 115 meeting, 5-11 November 2022 in London. 

      IETF Diversity and Inclusion sponsorships also support fee waivers to lower economic barriers to meeting participation, and the IETF Systers program offers women participants the opportunity to connect, share, and learn with each other.

      If your organization would like to join in supporting this, and other efforts to promote broader participation in the IETF, please contact the IETF sponsorship team.

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