Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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. It is open toany interested individual at no cost. The actual technical work of the IETF is done in its working groups: which are organized by topic into several areas (e.g.: routing: transport: security: etc.). Much of the work is handled via mailing lists. The IETFholds meetings three times per year. Purpose: To improve the Internet and expanding its usage To provide a forum for working groups to co-ordinate technical developments of new protocols To develop and select standards within the Internet protocol suite
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ldapext, ldapbis and ldup groups specify the standards on which profiles and certification are built. The Directory Interoperability Forum will seek to influence this work to ensure that customer requirements can be satisfied. |
The Security Forum monitors and leverages work in the Security working group of the IETF, which is addressing some IP layer activities, the TLS layer, and intrusion detection/firewalls. |
http://www.ietf.org/
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