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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet. 1) The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes. https://www.ietf.org/about/

Technical Standards

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

RFC0147 - The Definition of a Socket

RFC0768 - User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

RFC0791 - Internet Protocol (IPv4)

RFC0793 - Transmission Control Protocol

RFC1034 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities

RFC1035 - Domain Names - Implementation and Specification

RFC1112 - Host Extensions for IP Multicasting

RFC1777 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

RFC1831 - Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2 (RPC)

RFC2026 - The Internet Standards Process

RFC2104 - Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC)

RFC2119 - Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels

RFC2246 - The TLS Protocol

RFC2315 - Cryptographic Message Syntax

RFC2426 - vCard MIME Directory Profile

RFC2460 - Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

RFC2818 - HTTP Over TLS (HTTPS)

RFC2904 - AAA Authorization Framework

RFC3339 - Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps

RFC3447 - PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications

RFC3596 - DNS Extension to support IP Version 6

RFC4122 - A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace

RFC4960 - Stream Control Transmission Protocol

RFC5011 - Automated Updates of DNS Security (DNSSEC) Trust Anchors

RFC5234 - Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF

RFC5424 - The Syslog Protocol (SYSLOG)

RFC6101 - The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol Version 3.0

RFC6376 - DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures

RFC6455 - The WebSocket Protocol

RFC6749 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework

RFC6750 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage

RFC6891 - Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))

RFC6979 - Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

RFC7011 - IP Protocol Specification (IPFIX)

RFC7061 - eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) XML Media Type

RFC7235 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication

RFC7252 - The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)

RFC7405 - Case-Sensitive String Support in ABNF

RFC7595 - Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes

RFC8089 - The "file" URI Scheme

RFC8174 - Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words

RFC8259 - The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format