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IETF Annual Report 2024

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The 2024 IETF Annual Report provides a summary of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), and RFC Editor community activities from last year.

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Upcoming events

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  • IETF 123 Madrid

    IETF 123 starts Saturday 19 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 25 July.

    Madrid, Spain

  • IETF 124 Montreal

    IETF 124 starts Saturday 01 November and runs through Friday afternoon, 07 November.

    Montreal, Canada
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What's new?

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  • IETF Annual Report 2024

    The 2024 IETF Annual Report provides a summary of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), and RFC Editor community activities from last year.

    4 Jun 2025

  • Highlighting Technical Community Involvement in Internet Governance

    At the IETF 122 meeting in Bangkok, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) held a special session about Internet Governance – specifically, the upcoming World Summit on Information Security (WSIS) 20 year review.

    22 May 2025
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Search the IETF email archive

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Much of the daily work of the IETF is conducted on electronic mailing lists. A new mail archive tool realizing the requirements developed in RFC 6778 is now in use:

Search IETF Datatracker

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The IETF Datatracker contains data about IETF documents, working groups, meetings, agendas, minutes, presentations, and more:

Next IETF Meeting

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Stay tuned for the latest information on the next IETF meeting scheduled for 19-25 July 2025

Visit the IETF 123 Madrid meeting webpage