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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is charged with developing and promoting Internet standards.

The current chairman of the IETF is Harald Tveit Alvestrand.

List of IETF chairs:

Harald Tveit Alvestrand (2001-present)

Fred Baker[?] (1996-2001)

Paul Mockapetris (1994-1995)

Phill Gross[?] (1986-1993)

See also: standardization, Internet Standard, RFC, and IAB.

External Links:

The official IETF site:
- http://www.ietf.org/
Details on how IETF is organized:
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3160.txt
Harald Alvestrands IETF activities (by Alvestrand):
- http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/

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