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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a loosely self-organised group of people who make technical and other contributions to the engineering and evolution of the Internet and its technologies. It is the principal body engaged in the development of new internet standard specifications. Its mission includes:

l  Identifying, and proposing solutions to, the pressing operational and technical problems in the Internet

l  Specifying the development or usage of protocols and the near-term architecture to solve such technical problems for the Internet

l  Making recommendations to the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) regarding the standardisation of protocols and protocol usage in the Internet

l  Facilitating technology transfer from the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) to the wider Internet community and

l  Providing a forum for the exchange of information within the Internet community between vendors, users, researchers, agency contractors and network managers.