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Internet Engineering Task Force

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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