LETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (JEFF) is the standard-making body for Internet and related technologies. IETF is an 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 to any individual. The actual tedmical work of the IETF is done in its working groups. Working groups are organized into several areas by topic (e.g., routing, transport, security, etc.). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique IP address. The IANA is chartered by the Internet Society (ISOC) to act as the clearinghouse to assign and coordinate the use of numerous Internet protocol parameters. Standards defined by IETF are called Request For Comment or RFC. The standard for email is defined in RFC821 (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol or SMTP); RFC2616 describes the version 1.1 of Hypertext Transfer Protocol.