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IETF Rejects Wiretapping Plan
News The Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF) has voted overwhelmingly to reject plans for a global standard for snooping on Net telephone calls Thursday. The IETF was considering designing a protocol to allow wiretapping of telephone calls made over...
[November 11, 1999, 12:13]
IETF Spec Could Propel Internet Telephony
White Papers The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published its Enum specification as a proposed standard in September. The Internet engineering community has developed a technology that lets you type a telephone number into your Web browser and find a...
[September 15, 2003, 0:00]
Briton Appointed Chair Of IETF
News The Internet Society has announced that Brian Carpenter has been appointed the next chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the body responsible for most of the standards that the Internet is built upon.
[March 4, 2005, 16:45]
Configuring Session Initiation Protocol For Voice Over IP
White Papers SIP is an alternative protocol developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for multimedia conferencing over IP. SIP features are compliant with IETF RFC 2543, SIP: Session Initiation Protocol, published in March 1999.
[December 26, 2004, 23:00]
IPv6 Standardisation Issues
White Papers In the beginning of the 1990s, the IETF, the organisation that develops the Internet standards, started work on the successor of the Internet Protocol (IP). In this paper possible reasons for this relatively slow process (compared to the reputation...
[October 29, 2004, 0:00]
Architectural Considerations For Presence And Instant Messaging Infrastructure: Comparing XMPP And SIP/SIMPLE
White Papers Two groups within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have been actively working to make interoperability a reality by defining open protocols for IM and presence: the XMPP Working Group and the SIMPLE Working Group.
[July 31, 2007, 0:00]
W3C Shows Why Innovation Needs Standards
Leader The World Wide Web consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have announced the release of some new standards which look set to widen what we can do with the Internet and its technologies.
[January 27, 2005, 12:25]
Directory: LDAP Features For Certification, Version 2
White Papers LDAP v3 is specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in a number of their Requests For Comments (RFCs). These RFCs are identified by IETF RFC 3377. They specify the protocol, but do not completely specify the requirements for LDAP...
[December 15, 2004, 23:00]
Directory: LDAP Features For Certification
White Papers LDAP v3 is specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in a number of their Requests For Comments (RFCs). These RFCs are identified by IETF RFC 3377. They specify the protocol, but do not completely specify the requirements for LDAP...
[December 15, 2004, 23:00]
SIP Wins The Race
White Papers SIP was developed within the IETF MMUSIC (Internet Engineering Task Force Multiparty Multimedia Session Control) working group, with work proceeding since September 1999, in the IETF SIP working group.
[December 12, 2004, 23:00]
IPv6 Moving Network Testbed With Micro-Mobility Support
White Papers A basic solution for network mobility is currently being standardised by the IETF Network Mobility (NEMO) working group. In the frame of the IST OverDRiVE project Ericsson Research Hungary Traffic Lab implemented a moving network testbed in which...
[October 29, 2004, 0:00]
Microsoft Criticised For IP Address Configuration Patent
Talkback It should also mention that Microsoft specifically revealed this patent to the IETF (the Internet Engineering Task Force) about in August 2000, and it has been on prominent public display ever since. If PUBPAT's quotes in this article are correct...
[March 24, 2005, 1:24]
Delivering IP-Based Voice Services With SIP
White Papers Notable examples include the IETF clarifications of procedures for transferring calls, and new requests for comment (RFCs) and drafts to support the administration and attendant features common to PBXs and call centers.
[December 20, 2004, 23:00]
Microsoft: Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Patch?
Talkback RFC 1738 has been replaced by RFC 2396 and explicitly notes that the the user:password scheme is "NOT RECOMMENDED", which in IETF parlance means "do not implement this feature" Microsoft's implementation therefore is more in compliance with IETF...
[February 6, 2004, 16:15]
Perens Takes On Internet Standard Body
News That's the logic behind free-software advocate Bruce Perens' idea to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a key Internet standard body, with like-minded members in advance of the group's spring meeting in San Francisco.
[November 26, 2002, 10:28]
Free-software Gadfly Takes On Net Group
News That's the logic behind free-software advocate Bruce Perens' idea to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a key Internet standard body, with like-minded members in advance of the group's spring meeting in San Francisco.
[November 25, 2002, 14:52]
AOL Dumps Microsoft's Sender ID
News The move follows concerns over Sender ID voiced by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) earlier this week. In a prepared statement, Microsoft said: "AOL's decision to conduct only 'MAIL FROM' checks as outlined in the original SPF proposal...
[September 17, 2004, 10:05]
Porn Spammers Sneak Images Into Outlook
Talkback Embedded images have been around for many years now, and are part of the IETF email standards. So you need to credit the IETF with the “invention” - not the spammers. You really need to get your facts right.
[June 22, 2004, 11:26]
Standards Spat Could Cause MPLS Downtime
News The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has locked horns with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) over future MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) standards. The IETF claims that T-MPLS will not work with existing carrier and...
[September 6, 2007, 13:30]
W3C Backs XML-based Digital Signature
News The World Wide Web Consortium's ( W3C) XML Signature recommendation, developed in conjunction with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), provides a standard way of signing XML documents so that recipients can verify the identity of the...
[February 15, 2002, 11:20]
