Internet Engineering Task Force
IETF

    (IETF) The IETF is a large, open
   international community of network designers, operators,
   vendors and researchers whose purpose is to coordinate the
   operation, management and evolution of the Internet and to
   resolve short- and mid-range protocol and architectural
   issues.  It is a major source of proposals for protocol
   standards which are submitted to the Internet Architecture
   Board (IAB) for final approval.  The IETF meets three times a
   year and extensive minutes are included in the IETF
   Proceedings.

   The IETF Secretariat, run by The Corporation for National
   Research Initiatives with funding from the US government,
   maintains an index of Internet-Drafts whereas RFCs are
   maintained by The Internet Architecture Board.

   (http://ietf.org).

   (1999-01-27)