Internet Engineering Task Force
Also known as IETF
Open Internet standards organization
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- IETF
- Formation
- January 1986
- Type
- Non-profit Standards organization
- Purpose
- Creating voluntary standards to maintain and improve the usability and interoperability of the Internet
- Parent organization
- Internet Society
- Website
- ietf .org
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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet responsible for the technical standards of the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers. Their work is usually funded by employers or other sponsors.